Maike van der Duin joins CANYON//SRAM Racing through to 2024. The 21-year-old Dutchwoman collected four medals at the U23 European track championships in 2021, including a gold in the scratch race. She later won a silver medal in the same event at the UCI track world championships.

Continuing to add to a list of impressive results in her young career on the road, in 2022, Van der Duin won the sprint classification at the Women’s Tour and led the youth classification for two stages at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Cycling has been a passion of Van der Duin’s since she was a small girl. After high school, she completed a study in disabled care and worked for two years in the field, combining it with her racing. In 2022, she focused fully on pro cycling as her career, though she continues a home study in psychology.

“I started to ride my bike when I was six years old. When I reached seven years old, I started racing and fell in love with it. I knew I wanted to become a pro cyclist, which has never changed.

CANYON//SRAM Racing is a dream team for me. I hope to develop myself further and learn from my teammates. 

The combination of doing both road and track makes me a stronger rider in many areas, for example, physically and tactically. I’m happy that I can combine both disciplines with CANYON//SRAM Racing. I’m fully committed to Paris 2024, and we will see what the future brings after that.”