Tessa Neefjes Explained

Tessa Neefjes
Birth Date:7 December 1996
Currentteam:Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2022
Proteam1:Proximus-Alphamotorhomes-Doltcini
Proyears2:2022
Proteam2:Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team

Tessa Neefjes (born 7 December 1996) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team.[1] She's the 2022 European Champion Mountain bike Beach race and the 2022 Dutch Champion Mountain bike Marathon. In 2022 she won two UCI Gravel World Series races in Millau and Houffalize and the Dutch Gravel Series.

In 2016 she won the Dutch Road Championships in the category Elite without a contract. Later that year, during a training ride in the Ardennes, she was hit by a truck that drove on the wrong side of the road. The frontal collision caused 16 bone fractures in her back, shoulder, ribs and hand. After her recovery, she chose to ride additional off-road disciplines that she likes the most.[2] [3]

Major results

Road

2016
  • 1st Dutch National Champion, Elite without a contract

    Mountain biking

    2019
  • 3rd Beach race, UEC European Mountain Bike Championships
    2020
  • 3rd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships
  • 1st Beach races Egmond-pier-Egmond, ’s-Gravenzande, Katwijk, Julianadorp, Rockanje
    2021
  • 3rd Mitas 4 Islands MTB Marathon Stage Race, Croatia, with Rosa van Doorn
    2022
  • 1st Beach race, UEC European Mountain Bike Championships
  • 1st Dutch National Champion Mountain Bike Marathon
  • 1st Beach race Noordwijk
  • 2nd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships
    2023
  • 2nd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships[4]

    Gravel

    2022
  • 1st Wish One Gravel Race, UCI Gravel World Series Millau[5]
  • 1st Houffa Gravel, UCI Gravel World Series Houffalize[6]
  • 1st Dutch Gravel series overall classification, and the races in Meerveld and Banholt

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Team and riders. . 2022-12-13.
    2. Web site: Interview, Gravelspecialiste Neefjes mag zich spiegelen aan Jakobsen: 'Sta er bij stil hoe dankbaar ik ben' . Tom van der Salm . 2022-10-08 . In de leiderstrui . Dutch .
    3. Web site: Tessa keek naar beneden, zag 'believe' staan, gaf extra gas en is nu Europees kampioen . 2022-12-12 . Michiel Baas . NH Nieuws . Dutch .
    4. Web site: Uitslag Subaru Beach Battle 2023, NK Strandrace Vrouwen . 2023-02-18 . results.sporthive.com . Dutch.
    5. Web site: Tessa Neefjes takes out Gravel World Series Millau race . Simone Giuliani . 2022-06-07 . Cycling News .
    6. Web site: Tessa Neefjes takes out another round of Gravel world Series in Belgium . Simone Giuliani . 2022-08-30 . Cycling News .