Dutch record progression track cycling – Women's team pursuit

This is an overview of the progression of the Dutch track cycling record of the women's team pursuit.

Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder rode the current record at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The women's 3000m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced by the UCI at the 2007–08 track cycling season. The Dutch team consisting of Ellen van Dijk, Marlijn Binnendijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar rode the team pursuit for the first time at Round 4 at the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen in a time of 3:36.901 (49.792 km/h). They broke the record later that day. After have ridden the team pursuit for the first time, the record has been broken nine times. Ellen van Dijk is the only woman who always has been part of the squad when a record was broken. The current record was settled during the 2012 Summer Olympics by Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder in a time of 3:20.013 (53.996 km/h) on 4 August 2012. After the 2011–12 track cycling season the UCI changed the discipline into a 4000 m team pursuit with 4 riders.


Progression

3000 m team pursuit with three riders (2007–2012)
Time Speed
(km/h)		 Cyclists Event Location of race Date Ref
3:36.901 49.792 Ellen van Dijk
Marlijn Binnendijk
Yvonne Hijgenaar		 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (Qualification) Copenhagen 17 February 2008 [1]
3:32.666 50.783 Ellen van Dijk
Marlijn Binnendijk
Yvonne Hijgenaar		 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (Gold medal race) Copenhagen 17 February 2008 [2]
3:31.596 51.040 Ellen van Dijk
Marlijn Binnendijk
Elise van Hage		 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Qualifying) Manchester 28 March 2008 [3]
3:31.045 51.250 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder		 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (Qualification) Copenhagen 15 February 2009 [4]
3:29.730 51.494 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder		 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (Gold medal race) Copenhagen 15 February 2009 [5]
3:29.379 51.581 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder		 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Bronze medal race) Pruszków 26 March 2009 [6]
3:25.156 52.642 Ellen van Dijk
Amy Pieters
Vera Koedooder		 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Qualifying) Ballerup 25 March 2010 [7]
3:23.179 53.155 Ellen van Dijk
Kirsten Wild
Vera Koedooder		 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (Qualifying) Manchester 18 February 2011 [8]
3:21.550 53.584 Ellen van Dijk
Kirsten Wild
Amy Pieters		 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 1 (Gold medal race) Astana 4 November 2011 [9]
3:20.013 53.996 Ellen van Dijk
Kirsten Wild
Vera Koedooder		 2012 Summer Olympics (First round) London 4 August 2012 [10]

4000 m team pursuit with four riders (from 2012)

After 2012 Ellen van Dijk stopped riding on the track, focussing on the road. Because Van Dijk was the most important rider for the team and because the team needs an addition rider, the national coach and technical director decided not to have a Dutch women's team pursuit team.[11] For that reason there is not yet an official 4000 m team pursuit national record.

See also

References
  1. "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  2. "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  3. "UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Women's Team Pursuit Qualification Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27.
  4. "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. "Results and Final Classification". Tissottiming.com. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  7. "Qualifying Results". Tissottiming.com. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  8. "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  9. "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  10. "Women's Team Pursuit 1st Round Results". www.london2012.com. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  11. "Ellen van Dijk is missende schakel in ploegachtervolging". cyclingonline.nl (in Dutch). 18 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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