Former world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chantal van den Broek-Blaak received a belated send-off at the start of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dutch national championships road 🤡race on Saturday morning, after retiring in February.
Van den Broek-Blaak, who rode for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:SD Worx-Protime, announced in Februౠary that she was pregnant with her second child, and would not be returning a♏fter maternity leave. She previously had her first child in 2023, and made a return to🍎 racing.
She is the outgoing Dutch national champion, after winning the road race last June – her final victory as a pro – and the peloton gave her a guard of honour at the start of this year's race in Ede, where a new national ch🌊ampion will be crowned.
"Outgoing Dutch champion Chantal van den Broek-Blaak got a legendary end to a career for the history books," her f🉐ormer team SD Worx-Protime wrote on Instagram.
Van den Broek-Blaak herself also posted a bidding farewell to her time in the national champion's jersey, which she only wore in competition once, in last year's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia Women, which would end up being her final road race.
"I was allowed to wear the red-white-blue 3 times! But I have the most beautiful me༺mories in Arnhem last year with my lovely daughter Noa and my husband Lars at the finish line!" she said.
"With a second child on the way, I couldn't show the jersey this season. And on Saturday it's officially no longer mine, but the beautiful moments remain! Looking back𝕴 at a greatﷺ time."
During her career, which started in 2008, Van den Broek-Blaak wore the Dutch national champion's jersey three times, with wins in 2017, 2018 and 2024. She was also world champion in 2017, and won races like the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Flanders, Strade B🐽ianche and Gent-Wevelgem across a long and successful career.
She re-signed for one final year in 2025, saying she wanted to give it "give it one finaꦉl push in the national jersey", but said goodbye early after ann🌼ouncing her pregnancy.
At♍ the start line in Ede on Saturday, she was joined by her daughter as the peloton honoured one of Dutch cycling's most deco൩rated riders.
