| Full name | Mischa Bredewold |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 20 June 2000 (age 26) |
| Birth place | Amersfoort, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.81 m[1] |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Proyears 1 | 2021–2023 |
| Proyears 2 | 2023– |
| Proteam 2 | [2] |
| Majorwins |
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Mischa Bredewold (born 20 June 2000) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team .[3]
Starting racing in 2017 as a junior, the early part of her career was heavily disrupted when she was hit by a truck while training for the Dutch junior team prior to the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.[4] Despite three broken vertebrae, six broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a serious brain injury[4] – Bredewold made a full recovery, and joined the professional peloton in 2020 with NXTG Racing.[5]
Signing for Parkhotel Valkenburg for the 2021 season,[6] her best result of the year was the young riders classification at the Baloise Ladies Tour, with three other top 5 finishes in the young riders classifications at other races.[7]
In 2022, she finished 3rd in the under 23 category at the Dutch National Time Trial Championships, as well as 3rd in the under 23 category European Road Championships Mixed Relay Team Time Trial.[8][9] In her first Grand Tour, Bredewold came second in the young riders classification at the Tour de France Femmes, five minutes behind Shirin van Anrooij. She finished the race 21st overall.[10][11] Bredewold then won the À travers les Hauts-de-France later that year.[12]
In September 2022, it was announced that both Bredewold and Femke Markus would join from 2023, signing a two-year deal.[2] In 2024, Bredewold won her first two UCI Women's World Tour stages at Itzulia Women, finishing 2nd overall behind teammate Demi Vollering.[13] In June, it was announced that her contract with had been extended to 2027.[14] In 2025, Bredewold won the Amstel Gold Race from a breakaway.[15]
Major results
- 2018
- 7th Overall Omloop van Borsele Juniors
- 7th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour Junior
- 2021
- 4th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 10th Overall Lotto Belgium Tour
- 2022
- 1st À travers les Hauts-de-France
- 2nd Overall Tour de la Semois
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Team relay, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Leiedal Koerse
- 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 6th Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
- 2023
- 1st Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 1st Classic Lorient Agglomération
- 1st Volta Limburg Classic
- 3rd Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
- 9th Dwars door het Hageland
- 2024
- 1st Classic Lorient Agglomération
- 2nd Overall Itzulia Women
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Thüringen Ladies Tour
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 2nd Omloop van het Hageland
- 4th Dwars door het Hageland
- 2025
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Classic Lorient Agglomération
- 1st Stage 2 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- 2nd Overall Itzulia Women
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 3rd Time Trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2026
- 1st Overall Itzulia Women
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 5 La Vuelta Femenina
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Tour of Flanders
General classification results timeline
| Major Tour results timeline | ||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Vuelta Femenina[note 1] | — | — | — | 40 | 33 | 43 | ||||||
| Giro d'Italia Femminile | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Tour de France Femmes | DNE | 21 | 63 | 54 | 83 | |||||||
| Stage race results timeline | ||||||||||||
| Stage race | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | ||||||
| The Women's Tour | 24 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| Holland Ladies Tour | 11 | 6 | 22 | — | — | |||||||
| Itzulia Women | DNE | — | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Tour of Scandinavia[note 2] | 25 | 21 | — | NH | ||||||||
| Tour de Romandie Féminin | DNE | 62 | 41 | — | 41 | |||||||
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | — | 47 | 27 | |||||||
- ^ Known as the Challenge by La Vuelta from 2020 to 2022
- ^ Known as the Ladies Tour of Norway until 2021
Classics results timeline
| Monuments results timeline | |||||||||||||||||
| Monument | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 | 2026 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour of Flanders | 25 | 23 | — | 24 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Paris–Roubaix | OTL | 58 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 59 | 45 | 67 | 46 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Classics results timeline | |||||||||||||||||
| Classic | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||||||||
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 36 | 31 | — | — | 39 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Strade Bianche | — | — | 35 | 52 | 15 | 55 | |||||||||||
| Trofeo Alfredo Binda | — | — | 45 | — | — | DNF | |||||||||||
| Gent–Wevelgem | 88 | 40 | — | — | 78 | — | |||||||||||
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | 12 | 19 | 5 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Amstel Gold Race | 56 | 21 | 39 | 84 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||||
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | 36 | — | — | 71 | |||||||||||
| Classic Brugge–De Panne | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Ronde van Drenthe | 16 | 40 | 38 | 36 | Not held | ||||||||||||
| Open de Suède Vårgårda | NH | 19 | Not held | ||||||||||||||
| Classic Lorient Agglomération | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold". Team SD Worx. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold and Femke Markus to Team SD Worx". teamsdworx.com. 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
- ^ "Parkhotel Valkenburg 2022". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ Been, José (2020-09-24). "Edo and Mischa: A cycling love story in the face of adversity". CyclingTips. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
Bredewold, just 18, was on the shortlist for the Dutch junior women’s team for the Road World Championships in Innsbruck. She was out on her time trial bike when she was hit by a truck while crossing the road. The result: three broken vertebrae, six broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a serious brain injury.
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold 2020". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Five Dutch talents sign with Team Parkhotel Valkenburg". Team Parkhotel Valkenburg. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold 2021". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Mischa Bredewold 2022". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ Muntslag, Gian (24 July 2022). "Mischa uit Hoogland gaat in de Tour de France voor vrouwen in beeld rijden: ‘Wil mee in de aanval’" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ "Tour de France Femmes - 8-Lure > La Planche des Belles Filles | Tissot Timing". www.tissottiming.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone (2022-08-01). "Shirin van Anrooij: I learned to suffer more than ever at Tour de France Femmes". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
That gave the 20 year old a lead of more than five minutes on the second-placed rider in the youth category, Mischa Bredewold of Parkhotel Valkenburg.
- ^ "A Travers les Hauts de France". UCI. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ Knöfler, Lukas (2024-05-12). "Itzulia Women: Demi Vollering takes overall victory with dominant stage 3 solo win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (2024-06-14). "European Road Champ Mischa Bredewold extends with SD Worx-ProTime until 2027". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
- ^ Knöfler, Lukas (2025-04-20). "Amstel Gold Race Women: Mischa Bredewold holds off chasers for thrilling solo win after late attack on the Cauberg". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 2025-04-20.