Loes Gunnewijk

Loes Gunnewijk (born 27 November 1980 in Groenlo) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015.

Gunnewijk was a member of the Dutch national team together with Ellen van Dijk, Marianne Vos and Annemiek van Vleuten in the road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics where Vos won the gold medal. Gunnewijk announced her retirement from the sport in May 2015, subsequently completing the Union Cycliste Internationale's Sports Directors Diploma course in November 2015. Between May and the end of 2016, Gunnewijk joined her old cycling team as a trainee directeur sportif. Since 2017, Gunnewijk has been the head junior women's coach and assistant para-cycling coach for the Dutch cycling national federation KNWU.

Major results

2002 1st Omloop van Borsele 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

2003 1st Stage 9 (ITT) Giro d'Italia Femminile 3rd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

2004 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden 1st Stage 3a 5th Overall Tour de Feminin – O cenu Českého Švýcarska 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 7th Tour of Flanders for Women 9th Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe

2005 1st Herford Cyclocross 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden 2nd Omloop door Middag-Humsterland 4th Ronde van Gelderland 5th Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour

2006 1st Time trial, World University Cycling Championship

Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 3 (ITT) 1st Stage 4b La Route de France 2nd Overall Euregio Ladies Tour 1st Stage 2 2nd L'Heure D'Or Féminine 3rd Tour of Flanders for Women 5th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 8th Omloop Het Volk

2007 6th Overall Gracia–Orlová 7th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden 9th Omloop Het Volk 10th Ronde van Gelderland 10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

2008 2nd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 6th Omloop door Middag-Humsterland 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 9th Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 9th Omloop van Borsele

2009 2nd Ronde van Drenthe 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 4th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 1st Mountains classification 5th Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe 6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 8th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar 9th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 9th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo 9th Tour of Flanders for Women 9th Holland Hills Classic

2010

1st Ronde van Drenthe 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 5th Overall La Route de France 8th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 9th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

2011 2nd Overall Energiewacht Tour 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 6th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 1st Stage 3

2012 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships 3rd Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin 4th GP Comune di Cornaredo 5th Overall Energiewacht Tour 6th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar 6th Le Samyn des Dames 7th Tour of Flanders for Women 9th Ronde van Drenthe

2013 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Energiewacht Tour 2nd EPZ Omloop van Borsele 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships 3rd Acht van Chaam 4th Overall Belgium Tour 6th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg 8th Tour of Flanders for Women 9th Open de Suède Vårgårda 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2014

1st Stage 1 4th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

2015 9th Overall Bay Classic Series

General classification results Grand Tour results timeline Stage race 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Giro d'Italia Femminile — — 14 — — — — 51 36 57 74 — Stage race results timeline Stage race 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 / Emakumeen Euskal Bira — — — — — — 8 28 — 45 55 — / / The Women's Tourcolspan=10 18 — Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 7 — — — 21 — — 17 — 42 — —

Classics results timeline

Major championship results

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held OTL Outside time limit