Kyara Stijns | |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1995 |
Birth Place: | Bunde, Limburg, Netherlands |
Height: | 175cm (69inches) |
Weight: | 61.5kg (135.6lb) |
Currentteam: | Team Liv-Plantur |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Climber |
Amateuryears1: | 2013 |
Amateurteam1: | WCL Bergklimmers |
Proyears1: | 2014 |
Proteam1: | Giant-Shimano |
Proyears2: | 2015- |
Proteam2: | Team Liv-Plantur |
Majorwins: | 2013 Dutch road champion (junior) |
Kyara Stijns (born 9 October 1995) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.[1] She started cycling with club team 'WCL Bergklimmers' in the south of the province of Limburg. In 2013, she won the Dutch junior national championships road race. As a result, she became pro riding for Giant-Shimano in 2014.[2] On Friday 31 July 2015 she became third in the Profronde Heerlen, after winner Chantal Blaak and second Anna van der Breggen.[3] On Sunday 6 September 2015 she started the last stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in her hometown Bunde. In the same month the team announced Stijns will also be riding for Liv-Plantur in 2016.[4]
2013