Leontien van Moorsel explained
| Leontien van Moorsel |
| Fullname: | Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel |
| Birth Date: | 1970 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Boekel, Netherlands |
| Discipline: | Road & track |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 1992 |
| Amateurteam1: | KNWU AMEV Batavus A-selectie Nederland |
| Amateuryears2: | 1997 |
| Amateurteam2: | VKS |
| Amateuryears3: | 1999 |
| Amateurteam3: | Opstalan |
| Proyears1: | 2000–2004 |
| Proteam1: | Hartol–Farm Frites |
| Majorwins: | Stage races Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale (1992, 1993)
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (1991)
Emakumeen Bira (2000)
Trophée d'Or Féminin (2000)One day races & classics
Olympic Road Champion (2000)
Olympic Time Trial Champion (2000, 2004)
World Road Champion (1991, 1993)
World Time Trial Champion (1998, 1999)
National Road Champion (1998–2000, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999)
National Time Trial Champion (1997, 1998–2002)
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Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel (born 22 March 1970) is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record for women from 2003 until 2015.[1]
Career
Van Moorsel started her career in 1977. She won major races both on the track, and on the road. In the first half of the 1990s, she won the Tour Féminin twice, after fierce competition with Jeannie Longo.
Van Moorsel dropped out of cycling in 1994 with anorexia nervosa[2] but recovered to compete at the World Championships in 1998, winning the time trial and coming second in the road race.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, van Moorsel won gold medals on the road (road race and time trial), and on the track (3 km pursuit). At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she fell in the penultimate lap of the road race and was stretchered off and taken to the hospital by ambulance,[3] but nevertheless successfully defended her time trial title two days later.
She set a new world hour record for women of 46.065 km, in 2003 in Mexico City,[4] which was not improved upon for almost 12 years, when UCI rule changes prompted a new succession of attempts.
Van Moorsel retired from professional cycling after the 2004 Olympics.
In 2017 Van Moorsel became director of the Women's Amstel Gold Race.[5]
In September 2017, Van Moorsel was accused by sports physician Peter Janssen of using EPO in 2000 and 2001.[6]
Major results
- 1985
1st National Novice Road Race Championships
- 1987
1st National Novice Road Race Championships
- 1988
1st National Road Race Championships
- 1989
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 1 Tour of Norway
- 1990
1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)
1st UCI Road World Championships Team Time Trial
1st National Road Race Championships
2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
National Track Championship
3rd Points race
3rd Individual sprint
3rd Chrono des Nations
- 1991
1st UCI Road World Championships Road Race
1st National Track Championships (Team pursuit)
1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
3rd National Road Race Championships
- 1992
1st National Road Race Championships
National Track Championship
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
- 1993
1st UCI Road World Championships Road Race
1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
1st National Road Race Championships
2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
- 1997
1st National Time Trial Championships
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
1st Overall Boekel
1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1998
1st UCI Road World Championships Time Trial
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Overall Ster van Zeeland
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Parel van de Veluwe
1st Omloop der Kempen
2nd Overall Boels Rental Ladies Tour
1st Stage 1
2nd UCI Road World Championships Road Race
2nd UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)
- 1999
1st UCI Road World Championships Time Trial
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Overall Boels Rental Ladies Tour
1st Stages 2 & 7
1st Overall Ster van Zeeland
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Overall Greenery International
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
1st Overall Boekel
1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2
1st Damesronde van Drenthe
1st Omloop van Kanaleneiland
1st Omloop der Kempen
2nd Rotterdam Tour
- 2000
Olympic Games
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
2nd Road Race
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Overall Emakumeen Bira
1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
1st Overall Ster van Zeeland
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Westfriese Dorpenomloop
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st Overall Boekel
1st Stages 1, 2a & 2b
1st Ronde van het Ronostrand
1st Omloop der Kempen
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 Giro d'Italia Femminile
- 2001
1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)
1st National Time Trial Championships
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Overall Ster van Zeeland
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Overall Boekel
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Acht van Chaam
1st Egmond-Pier-Egmond
1st Souvenir Magali Pache
1st Profronde van Stiphout
1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen
1st Prologue Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Stage 1 Boels Rental Ladies Tour
3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 2002
1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)
National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
2nd Road Race
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Overall RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3a
1st Overall Westfriese Dorpenomloop
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Amstel Gold Race
1st Damesronde van Drenthe
1st Acht van Chaam
1st Egmond-Pier-Egmond
1st Profronde van Stiphout,
- 2003
1st UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Individual Pursuit)
1st Overall Boekel
1st Stage 3
1st Omloop van Borsele
2nd National Time Trial Championships
World Hour record
- 2004
Olympic Games
1st Time Trial
3rd Individual pursuit
1st National Road Race Championships
1st Ronde van Gelderland
1st Omloop der Kempen
1st Profronde van Stiphout
1st Acht van ChaamPersonal life
Van Moorsel married former track cyclist Michael Zijlaard in October 1995.[7] They have a daughter.
See also
Notes and References
- Leontien van Moorsel Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417105313/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zi/leontien-zijlaard-van-moorsel-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 27 August 2016.
- Web site: Leontiens eigen verhaal . Leontienfoundation.nl . 2012-08-23 . nl.
- Web site: Cycling: Ulmer's rival crashes out - Sport - NZ Herald News . Nzherald.co.nz . 16 August 2004 . 2012-08-23.
- News: Clemitson. Suze. Why Jens Voigt and a new group of cyclists want to break the Hour record. 19 September 2014. The Guardian. 19 September 2014.
- Web site: It's official: there will be a women's Amstel Gold Race in 2017 CyclingTips. CyclingTips. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190621092809/https://cyclingtips.com/2016/10/its-official-there-will-be-a-womens-amstel-gold-race-in-2017/. 2019-06-21. 2020-01-23.
- Thomas Blom & Misha Wessel, "Oud-wielerarts: Leontien van Moorsel gebruikte epo" (in Dutch), de Volkskrant, 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- News: Knapp. Gerard. Cyclingnews talks with Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel. 25 August 2012. Cyclingnews.com. 2001.
