Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

Van den Broek-Blaak at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Chantal van den Broek-Blaak
Nickname	Blaaki
Born	Chantal Blaak (1989-10-22) 22 October 1989 (age 35) Zuidland, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current team	Team SD Worx–Protime
Discipline	Road
Role	Retired
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional teams
2008–2012	AA-Drink Cycling Team
2013	Team TIBCO–To The Top
2014	Specialized–lululemon
2015–2024	Boels–Dolmans[1][2]
Major wins
UCI Road World Cup Open de Suède Vårgårda (2014) UCI Women's WorldTour Ronde van Drenthe (2016) Gent–Wevelgem (2016) Tour of Flanders (2020) Strade Bianche (2021) One day races World Road Race Championships (2017) National Road Race Championships (2017, 2018, 2024) Amstel Gold Race (2018) Drentse 8 (2014) Le Samyn (2015, 2016, 2020)
Medal record Representing the  Netherlands Women's road cycling World Championships 2017 Bergen Road Race European Games 2019 Minsk Time trial Representing Specialized–lululemon World Championships 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.^[3] In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway.^[4] Van den Broek-Blaak also won several classic one-day races including Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and Strade Bianche. She retired in January 2025.^[5]

Van den Broek-Blaak was the Dutch national junior time trial champion in 2006 and 2007. She was European under-23 road race champion in 2009 and was also third in the Ronde van Drenthe race of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in that year.

Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch AA-Drink Cycling Team and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team Team TIBCO–To The Top for a year.

In 2014, she joined Specialized–lululemon and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda.

She transferred to the Boels–Dolmans team for 2015, along with sponsors Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica and teammate Evelyn Stevens.^[6] She won the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames.

2016 was her most successful season to date, yielding wins in Le Samyn des Dames, the Ronde van Drenthe, Gent–Wevelgem and the Holland Ladies Tour.

In 2017, van den Broek-Blaak became both Dutch national and world road race champion after she successfully broke away from an elite group of riders 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) from the finish.^[4] In the rainbow jersey, she won the Amstel Gold Race in 2018.^[7]

2019 saw Chantal Blaak win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time.^[8] In 2020, she enhanced her resume by winning the Tour of Flanders for Women. A year later, she won Strade Bianche Women.^[9]

She sat out of the 2023 season after announcing her pregnancy in January at her team's presentation.^[10][11] She returned to racing in 2024, becoming Dutch national champion for the third time.

In January 2025, she announced her retirement as she is expecting a second child – having originally planned to retire at the end of the 2025 season.^[5]

In the 2019 off-season, Chantal Blaak married former cyclist Lars van den Broek.

Event		2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
World Championships	Time trial	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Road race	—	23	DNF	98	—	—	17	61	50	1	44	43	12	32	—	—	—
European Championships	Road race	Race did not exist								45	62	23	28	4	DNF	—	—	—
European Games	Time trial	Event did not exist							—	Not Held			2	Not Held			—	NH
	Road race								DNF				66				—
National Championships	Time trial	11	9	10	—	—	9	4	3	2	6	5	—	NH	—	—	—	—
	Road race	42	2	11	3	—	26	19	10	34	1	1	13	7	41	26	—	1

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• Chantal van den Broek-Blaak at ProCyclingStats
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