Maikel van der Vleuten. Photo © Jenny Abrahamsson for WoSJ.
During The Dutch Masters 2022 in s'Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 34-year-old Maikel van der Vleuten was awarded as Rider of the Year 2021.
It was decisive for the award committee, consisting of Anky van Grunsven, Ed van den Bent, Andries van den Berg and Henk Rottinghuis, that Van der Vleuten was the only Dutch rider to win a medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo with Beauville Z when taking the individual bronze.
Then