Fem van Empel explained

Fem van Empel
Birth Date:3 September 2002
Birth Place:'s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Height:1.73 m
Nickname:SuperFem [1] [2]

Fem Van De Poel[3]

Discipline:Cyclo-cross & Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2021
Amateurteam1:WV Schijndel
Proyears1:2021–2022
Proteam1:Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal
Proyears2:2023
Majorwins:
Cyclo-cross
  • World Championships (2023, 2024)
  • European Championships (2022, 2023)
  • World Cup (2022–23)
  • 14 individual wins (2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24)
  • X²O Badkamers Trophy (2022–23, 2023–24)
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    Fem van Empel (born 3 September 2002) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.[4] [5] In January 2021, she won the women's under-23 race at the 2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.[6] [7] During the 2022–2023 season she won the women's elite race at the World Championships and the European Cyclo-cross Championships. On 22 January 2023, she secured overall victory at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup (2022–23). On 16 Feb 2023 at Brussels, Fem clinched the X20 Badkamers Trophy.[8] The previous week, her first race in the World Champions jersey, competing in the X20 Badkamers at Lille she finished 1st doing a "Pidcock" (posing as Superwoman) across the finish line.[9] In the cyclo cross season 2023 to 2024 Fem Van Empel was first in her first eleven races. Having finished the previous season with five successive firsts, it brought her run of first places in top level Cyclocross to sixteen.[10] Fem Van Empel retained her UCI World Championship at Tábor on 3 February 2024. One respected commentator (Marty McCrossan) noted he had "run out of superlatives to describe Fems phenomenal talent", calling her "The Golden Girl of Cyclocross". Another (Ian Field) described her performance as " pretty much perfection" .[11] "Velo" noted that "her 18th victory out of what has been (so far) a 20-race season" is "a staggering success rate " [12] .Fem completed her 2023 to 2024 season with a win to take the X²O Badkamers Trophy at Lille on 11 Feb. This took her number of wins for the season to 19 from 21 races. [13] At the end of season 2023 to 2024 Fems' career total number of Elite level Cyclo-cross race wins was 37.[14] [15] [16]

    Major results

    Cyclo-cross

    2019–2020
  • 3rd National Junior Championships
  • 5th UCI World Junior Championships
    2020–2021
  • 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • UCI World Cup
  • 4th Dendermonde
    2021–2022
  • 1st National Under-23 Championships
  • UCI World Cup
  • 1st Val di Sole
  • 1st Flamanville
  • 4th Besançon
  • 4th Rucphen
  • 4th Namur
  • 4th Hoogerheide
  • 5th Zonhoven
  • 5th Hulst
  • Superprestige
  • 2nd Heusden-Zolder
  • Ethias Cross
  • 2nd Lokeren
  • 3rd UCI World Under-23 Championships
  • 3rd UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2022–2023
  • UCI World Championships
  • 1st Elite race
  • 1st Team relay
  • 1st UEC European Championships
  • 1st Overall UCI World Cup
  • 1st Waterloo
  • 1st Fayetteville
  • 1st Tábor
  • 1st Maasmechelen
  • 1st Antwerpen
  • 1st Dublin
  • 1st Benidorm
  • 2nd Beekse Bergen
  • 2nd Overijse
  • 2nd Hulst
  • 3rd Zonhoven
  • 1st Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy
  • 1st Koppenberg
  • 1st Baal
  • 1st Hamme
  • 1st Lille
  • 1st Brussels
  • 2nd Koksijde
  • Exact Cross
  • 1st Kruibeke
  • 1st Beringen
  • 2nd Meulebeke
  • 3rd National Championships
    2023–2024
  • 1st UCI World Championships
  • 1st UEC European Championships
  • 1st Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy
  • 1st Koppenberg
  • 1st Kortrijk
  • 1st Herentals
  • 1st Baal
  • 1st Koksijde
  • 1st Hamme
  • 1st Lille
  • 4th Overall UCI World Cup
  • 1st Waterloo
  • 1st Maasmechelen
  • 1st Antwerpen
  • 1st Benidorm
  • 1st Hoogerheide
  • 2nd Gavere
  • 4th Hulst
  • Superprestige
  • 1st Overijse
  • 1st Boom
  • 1st Heusden-Zolder
  • Exact Cross
  • 1st Beringen
  • 1st Woerden

    Gravel

    2023
  • 1st National Championships
  • 2nd UEC European Championships

    Mountain bike

    2019
  • 3rd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
    2020
  • 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
  • 3rd Eliminator, UCI World Championships
    2021
  • 2nd Eliminator, UEC European Championships
    2022
  • 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
  • 2nd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships

    Road

    2022
  • 3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2023
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir
  • 6th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
  • 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2024
  • 8th La Flèche Wallonne

    Notes and References

    1. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L7swQA-i_EQ
    2. https://cyclingmagazine.ca/cyclocross/superwoman-van-empel-wins-first-race-in-the-rainbow-jersey/
    3. https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/video/sport/dplus-sport-dplus-sport-sport/trofee-veldrijden-5943754
    4. Web site: Meet the 18-year-old cyclocross sensation who's taking it to the world's best . Cycling Tips . 31 January 2021.
    5. Web site: 18-year-old Fem van Empel signs professional contract with Pauwels Sauces: 'The youngest cyclocross topper since Marianne Vos in 2004' . Netherlands News Live . 31 January 2021.
    6. Web site: Fem van Empel takes U23 world cyclocross title . Velo News . 31 January 2021.
    7. Web site: Fem van Empel wint goud op WK veldrijden voor beloften vrouwen . Wielerflits . 31 January 2021.
    8. Web site: GCN+ Cycling As You’ve Never Seen It . 2023-11-22 . plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com.
    9. Web site: GCN+ Cycling As You’ve Never Seen It . 2023-11-22 . plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com.
    10. Web site: Fem van Empel - Cyclocross . 2023-11-22 . Cyclocross24.com . en.
    11. https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/video/sport/dplus-sport-dplus-sport-sport/world-championship-6033325
    12. https://velo.outsideonline.com/cyclocross/cyclocross-racing/fem-van-empel-streets-ahead-on-muddy-world-cyclocross-champs-course-in-tabor/
    13. https://www.teamvismaleaseabike.com/race-report/news/van-empel-rounds-off-great-cross-season-with-victory-in-lille/
    14. https://cyclocross24.com/rider/fem-van-empel/
    15. https://cyclocross24.com/rider/fem-van-empel/results/2022-2023/
    16. https://cyclocross24.com/rider/fem-van-empel/results/2021-2022/