Michiel van der Heijden

Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992 in Den Bosch) is a Dutch mountain biker and Cyclo Cross Rider. From 2007 until 2010 he raced for the Merida-Combee mountain bike team, now he is racing for the Rabobank cycling team. Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer, and a bronze medal at the Europeans in 2010 in Haifa. In 2011 he became Dutch National Champion for the 9th time. In 2010 van der Heijden became World Champion XCO juniors in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, making him the second Dutch XCO World Champion after Bart Brentjens.

References

• Michiel van der Heijden at Cycling Archives