Michiel van der Heijden

Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992) is a Dutch former professional mountain biker and cyclo-cross cyclist.

Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer, and a bronze medal 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. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished

Major results Mountain bike

2009

2010 1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships

UCI Junior XCO World Cup 1st Dalby Forest 1st Offenbourg 1st Houffalize

2012 1st Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 1st Windham 2nd Nové Město

2013

3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 3rd Albstadt 3rd Hafjell 3rd Nové Město 2014 1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

2nd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 2nd Nové Město 2nd Albstadt 2nd Pietermaritzburg 3rd Méribel 3rd Cairns

2015

2016 3rd Cross-country, National Championships 2017

2018 3rd Cross-country, National Championships

Cyclo-cross

2008–2009 3rd Zonnebeke Juniors 3rd Hoogstraten, Junior Superprestige 2009–2010 1st Kopenberg, Junior Gazet van Antwerpen 2nd National Junior Championships

3rd Gavere, Junior Superprestige 4th Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup 2nd Koksijde 2011–2012

3rd Hoogerheide, UCI Under-23 World Cup 2012–2013 1st Citadelcross Under-23 2nd Koksijde, UCI Under-23 World Cup 2013–2014 2nd Grand Prix Hotel Threeland