Daphny van den Brand
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Daphny van den Brand |
| Date of birth | April 6, 1978 |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | un-attached |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1994-present | |
| Major wins | |
| 1x World Cyclo-cross Championship 1x UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships |
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| Medal record | |||
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| Cyclo-cross | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Gold | 2003 | ||
| Bronze | 2000 | ||
| Bronze | 2001 | ||
| Bronze | 2002 | ||
| Bronze | 2006 | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Gold | 2006 | ||
| Silver | 2005 | ||
Daphny van den Brand, (born April 6, 1978 in Zeeland) is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle and mountain bike racer.
Daphny van den Brand started her cycling career at the age of eight. She also took part in races at a very young age and was able to win a lot of those races, even when her opponents were boys. Her sprint turned out to be her main skill and at a certain point she won almost all the sprints she participated in.
Van den Brand joined the Dutch junior team, which raced on a higher level, but that didn't her much as she was winning her races in this class as well. Unless that there were a few riders that were able to beat her every now and then. She won her first medal as a junior in 1993 during the cyclo-cross race in Sint-Michielsgestel, where she finished in 3rd position.
Dutch mountain bike manager Leo van Zeeland asked her in 1994 wether she would like to race on a mountain bike or not. Van den Brand answered positive and took part in a race in Bergschenhoek where she finished in 5th position right away. In addition she raced the European and World Junior Mountain biking Championships and finished in seventh position in both races.
Van den Brand choose not to race any more road races, but choose to develop in mountain biking and cyclo-cross. This decision brought her a lot of success. In the following years she would win eight Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships and she was Cyclo-cross World Champion in 2003 in Monopoli. She also won four bronze medals on other World Championship occasions, a silver at the European Championship in 2005 and a gold at the 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships. In mountain biking she was less successful, although she won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal during the Dutch National Championships between 2001 and 2003.
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[edit] Achievements
[edit] 1998
- 3rd in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
[edit] 1997
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Gieten
[edit] 1998
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Gieten
[edit] 1999
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Gieten
[edit] 2000
- 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Gieten
[edit] 2001
- 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Gieten
[edit] 2002
- 2nd in Dutch National Championship Mountain bike
- 3rd in World Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Hoogerheide
[edit] 2003
- 3rd in Dutch National Championship Mountain bike
- 1st in World Championship Cyclo-cross in Monopoli
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Hoogerheide
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Torino
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Vossem
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Kalmthout
[edit] 2004
- 2nd in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Mountain bike
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Oostmalle
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Milano
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Kalmthout
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Overijse
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Loenhout
[edit] 2005
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Hamburg
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Kalmthout
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Sint-Michielsgestel
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Koppenberg
- 2nd in European Cyclo-cross Championship in Pont-Chateau
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Milano
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Hofstade
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Hooglede
[edit] 2006
- 1st in 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships
- 1st in Dutch National Championship Cyclo-cross
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Liévin
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Hoogerheide
- 3rd in World Cyclo-cross Championship
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Oostmalle
- 1st in Cyclo-cross race in Harderwijk
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| Preceded by: Laurence Leboucher |
World Cyclo-cross Champion 2004 |
Succeeded by: Laurence Leboucher |
