Tessa Neefjes
Personal information
Born (1996-12-07) 7 December 1996
Team information
Current teamGiant Liv Benelux Offroad Team
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain biking
  • Gravel
RoleRider
Professional teams
2022Proximus-Alphamotorhomes-Doltcini
2022Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team

Tessa Neefjes (born 7 December 1996) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for Giant Liv Benelux Offroad Team.[1] She's the 2022 European Champion Mountain bike Beach race and the 2022 Dutch Champion Mountain bike Marathon. In 2022 she won two UCI Gravel World Series races in Millau and Houffalize and the Dutch Gravel Series.

In 2016 she won the Dutch Road Championships in the category Elite without a contract. Later that year, during a training ride in the Ardennes, she was hit by a truck that drove on the wrong side of the road. The frontal collision caused 16 bone fractures in her back, shoulder, ribs and hand. After her recovery, she chose to ride additional off-road disciplines that she likes the most.[2][3]

Major results

Road

2016
1st NK Dutch National Champion, Elite without a contract

Mountain biking

2019
3rd Beach race, UEC European Mountain Bike Championships
2020
3rd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships
1st Beach races Egmond-pier-Egmond, ’s-Gravenzande, Katwijk, Julianadorp, Rockanje
2021
3rd Mitas 4 Islands MTB Marathon Stage Race, Croatia, with Rosa van Doorn
2022
1st Beach race, UEC European Mountain Bike Championships
1st NK Dutch National Champion Mountain Bike Marathon
1st Beach race Noordwijk
2nd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships
2023
2nd Beach race, National Mountain Bike Championships[4]

Gravel

2022
1st Wish One Gravel Race, UCI Gravel World Series Millau[5]
1st Houffa Gravel, UCI Gravel World Series Houffalize[6]
1st Dutch Gravel series overall classification, and the races in Meerveld and Banholt

References

  1. "Team and riders". Giant Bicycles. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  2. Tom van der Salm (2022-10-08). "Interview, Gravelspecialiste Neefjes mag zich spiegelen aan Jakobsen: 'Sta er bij stil hoe dankbaar ik ben'". In de leiderstrui (in Dutch).
  3. Michiel Baas (2022-12-12). "Tessa keek naar beneden, zag 'believe' staan, gaf extra gas en is nu Europees kampioen". NH Nieuws (in Dutch).
  4. "Uitslag Subaru Beach Battle 2023, NK Strandrace Vrouwen". results.sporthive.com (in Dutch). 2023-02-18.
  5. Simone Giuliani (2022-06-07). "Tessa Neefjes takes out Gravel World Series Millau race". Cycling News.
  6. Simone Giuliani (2022-08-30). "Tessa Neefjes takes out another round of Gravel world Series in Belgium". Cycling News.
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