Amy Pieters

Amy Pieters (born 1 June 1991) is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who is contracted to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit (together with Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder).

On 23 December 2021, Pieters was placed in an induced coma and underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on her brain caused by a fall that day during a training ride near Alicante with the Dutch national track team. After being repatriated to the Netherlands the following month, Pieters had regained consciousness in April but, due to the brain injury sustained, doctors were unsure of her "residual symptoms and remaining abilities". In October 2022, Pieters was able to take her first steps since the fall, at a neuro-rehabilitation centre in Woerden. In 2023 she suffered a momentary setback in her recovery after suffering multiple epileptic seizures. As of January 2025 she was living in an apartment in Amersfoort adapted to her condition. Pieters can walk again, but has only short-term memory and limited speech ability.

Personal life Pieters is the daughter of former professional Peter Pieters, the niece of Sjaak Pieters and the sister of Roy Pieters.

Career achievements Major results Source:

Road

2006 National Novices Road Championships

2nd Road race 2007 National Novices Road Championships

2nd Time trial 2008 National Junior Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 4th Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships 2009 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 3rd Overall Omloop van Borsele 2010 1st Draai rond de Kraai 2nd Twee Bruggenronde van Zaandam 3rd Ronde van Barendrecht 2011 1st Twee Bruggenronde van Zaandam 1st Berkelse Wielerdag 1st Ronde van Zwanenburg 2nd Molenomloop van de Schermer 2nd Afwachtingswedstrijd Olympia's Tour 2nd Van Gogh Ronde van Nuenen 3rd Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik 3rd Draai rond de Kraai 3rd Noordwijk Classic 3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne 6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 1st Young rider classification 7th Omloop van Borsele 8th Omloop van het Hageland 9th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden 2012 1st Afwachtingswedstrijd Olympia's Tour 1st Wielerronde van Lekkerkerk 1st Young rider classification Energiewacht Tour 2nd Regio Kampioenschap West 2nd Noordwijk Classic 3rd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden 5th EPZ Omloop van Borsele 6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 2013 1st Regio Kampioenschap West 1st Noordwijk Classic 1st Profronde van Stiphout 2nd Omloop der Kempen 2nd Acht van Chaam 2nd Profronde van Surhuisterveen 3rd Tour of Chongming Island World Cup 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda 3rd Wielerronde van Obdam 4th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg 6th Overall Belgium Tour

9th Overall Tour of Chongming Island 2014 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar

1st Stage 2 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda 3rd Holland Hills Classic 4th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour 5th Overall Belgium Tour 6th Overall The Women's Tour 6th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo 7th Le Samyn 8th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs 9th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup 10th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik 2015 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen 1st Prologue La Route de France 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Ronde van Drenthe World Cup 3rd Marianne Vos Classic 3rd La Course by Le Tour de France 4th Novilon EDR Cup 4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik 5th Gent–Wevelgem 6th Overall Belgium Tour 6th Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 7th Le Samyn des Dames 8th Omloop van het Hageland 9th Overall Tour of Qatar 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 9th Holland Hills Classic 10th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs 10th Acht van Westerveld 2016 1st Prologue La Route de France 3rd Le Samyn 4th Gent–Wevelgem 4th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour 5th Overall Energiewacht Tour 6th Overall Tour of Qatar 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 7th Overall The Women's Tour 1st Stage 2 7th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik 10th Omloop van de IJsseldelta 2017 1st Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour TTT 1st Stage 2 The Women's Tour

2nd Le Samyn 4th Tour de Yorkshire 6th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour 1st Stages 1b & 2 (TTT) 7th Pajot Hills Classic 7th Amstel Gold Race 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

2018

1st Stages 2 & 3b (TTT) 1st Ronde van Drenthe 1st Crescent Vårgårda TTT 1st GP de Plouay – Bretagne 1st Stage 3 Emakumeen Euskal Bira UCI Road World Championships

8th Road race 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen 2nd Tour of Flanders for Women 5th Overall The Women's Tour 5th Gent–Wevelgem 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 2019

UEC European Road Championships

2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour 2nd Drentse Acht van Westerveld 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall The Women's Tour 1st Stage 6 3rd GP de Plouay – Bretagne 4th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour 4th Ronde van Drenthe 4th Nokere Koerse 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 5th Gent–Wevelgem 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 5th Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden 10th Tour of Flanders 2020 2nd Tour of Flanders 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 9th Gent–Wevelgem 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships 2021

1st Nokere Koerse

3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 4th Overall The Women's Tour 1st Stage 2 5th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour

6th Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour 6th Le Samyn 6th Dwars door de Westhoek 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 9th Classic Brugge–De Panne

Track Pieters (left) together with Ellen van Dijk (right) and Kirsten Wild (centre) at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

2006

2007 National Junior Championships

2nd Scratch 2008 National Junior Championships

3rd Omloop van Borsele 3rd Six Days of Amsterdam 2009

3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships 4th Team pursuit, UCI World Championships (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk) 2010 National Championships

2nd Points race) 5th Team pursuit, UCI World Championships (with Vera Koedooder & Ellen van Dijk) 9th Team pursuit, UEC European Championships (with Ellen van Dijk & Laura van der Kamp) 2011

National Championships 2nd Points race 2nd Madison (with Kelly Markus) 3rd Individual pursuit 2012

National Championships 2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Omnium 3rd Madison (with Kelly Markus) 3rd Scratch 6th Team pursuit, Olympic Games (with Ellen van Dijk & Kirsten Wild) 2014 2nd Points race, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester 2015

2017

1st Madison, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (with Kirsten Wild)

2018 National Championships

2nd Points race

2019

2020

2021

National team pursuit records

After the introduction of the women's 3000m team pursuit at the 2007–08 track cycling season, Pieters was five times part of the team pursuit squad when they established a new Dutch national record. She is not the record holder anymore. Time Speed(km/h) Cyclists Event Location of race Date Ref 3:31.045 Ellen van DijkAmy PietersVera Koedooder 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (qualification) Copenhagen 15 February 2009 3:29.730 Ellen van DijkAmy PietersVera Koedooder 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (gold-medal race) Copenhagen 15 February 2009 3:29.379 Ellen van DijkAmy PietersVera Koedooder 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (bronze-medal race) Pruszków 26 March 2009 3:25.156 Ellen van DijkAmy PietersVera Koedooder 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (qualifying) Ballerup 25 March 2010 3:21.550 Ellen van DijkKirsten WildAmy Pieters 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 1 (gold-medal race) Astana 4 November 2011