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Daniek Hengeveld claims Dutch time trial title

Here’s the announcement from Hengeveld’s Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Daniek Hengeveld claimed the Dutch national time trial title on Wednesday evening. The 23-year-old rider from Team Visma | Lease a Bike kept her team-mate Femke de Vries just behind her on the 36-kilometer course in Laren. Lieke Nooijen completed the yellow-and-black podium by finishing third.

"Winning the title came as a surprise, although I’d secretly hoped to finish on the podium", Hengeveld said. "I tried to prepare for this time trial as well as I possibly could. I scouted the course several times, spent the whole of last week on my time trial bike and rode as hard as I could today. I couldn’t have done any more. I was confident I could do it, so I’m delighted that I was able to prove it today."

Daniek Hengeveld wins stage one of the 2025 Tour Down Under. Sirotti photo

Hengeveld got off to a flying start and clocked the fastest time at the second, third and fourth intermediate points. De Vries had paced her time trial differently, setting the stage for a nail-biting finish. Hengeveld managed to find another burst of speed and stopped the clock at 45 minutes and twelve seconds after 36 kilometres. De Vries took two seconds longer and had to settle for silver.

“I hadn’t expected to finish second at the Dutch Championships. Given the circumstances, you never know what might happen, and besides, I’m in good form. Of course, in hindsight, you think: where did I lose those two seconds? But Daniek more than deserves it. She worked incredibly hard for me in the Giro, so I’m genuinely happy for her. It’s fantastic that the three of us are on the podium."

Nooijen took the bronze medal. "I started too slowly, which meant I fell short at the end. I started accelerating too late and I’m really gutted about that", said Nooijen, who also finished third last year. "This could have been avoided, but anyway, it’s another learning experience. Despite that, I think it’s brilliant that we’ve come first, second and third. That’s really special."

XDS Astana riders win entire Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships podium

Here's the team's news:

XDS Astana Team riders claimed the entire podium in the individual time trial of the Kazakhstan National Championships in the Elite category.

Evgeniy Fedorov wins the 2022 mens U23 world road champiolnships. Sirotti photo

Evgeniy Fedorov defended his last year’s title, setting the best time on the 30.8-kilometre course – 35 minutes and 11 seconds. Nicolas Vinokurov claimed the silver medal (his first national championship medal in the Elite category), finishing 1 minute and 7 seconds behind Fedorov. Anton Kuzmin completed the podium, finishing third, 1 minute and 34 seconds behind the winner.

“Today’s race took place in the rain, but it was quite warm, so the weather did not really have a major impact on the results. I tried to show my maximum today, and everything worked out well. I came to the Kazakhstan National Championships straight after the Tour de Suisse. It was not an easy race there, but I had a good individual time trial in Switzerland, and now I managed to repeat my last year’s success here at the National Championships”, – said Evgeniy Fedorov.

Three riders of the Continental team XDS Astana Development Team also finished inside the Top-10: Alisher Zhumakan took fourth place, Ramis Dinmukhametov finished 7th, while Ruslan Yelyubayev was 10th.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike updates its riders’ participation in National Time Trial Championships

Here’s the team’s post:

The national time trial championships 2026: who rides where?
In various countries, national time trial titles are at stake this week. Are you curious about which of our riders are participating and when their races are? Check out the overview below.

Dutch championship individual time trial (June 24)

Women:
Femke de Vries
Lieke Nooijen

Men:
Daniek Hengeveld

French championship individual time trial (June 25)
Men:
Bruno Armirail

Bruno Armirail racing in the 2025 World Time Trial Championships. Sirotti photo

Italian championship individual time trial (June 25)
Men: Edoardo Affini

Norwegian championship individual time trial (June 25)
Men: Jørgen Nordhagen

U23: Jonas Høydahl

British championship individual time trial (June 25)
Women: Imogen Wolff

U23: Henry Hobbs, Elliot Rowe

Slovak championship individual time trial (June 25)
Women: Viktória Chladoňová

Polish championship individual time trial (June 25)
U23: Patryk Gosczcurny

Czech championship individual time trial (June 25)
U23: Matěj Piták

German championship individual time trial (June 26)
U23: Ian Kings

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