Occupation: Equine Veterinarian, Joii Online consultant, MTB guide
Off Road Triathlete, Mountain biker, Skimo athlete (part time)
Nationality : Dutch (Netherlands), born in Italy raised in Euroland
Countries lived in : Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, USA, Singapore, Australia, Scotland, France
Main Sporting Discipline: Off Road Triathlon/XTERRA, Mountain bike, trail running, Skimo
Favorite style of racing: Off road, adventure racing
Strengths on the bike: long rocky climbs
Annual training volume: ?????? 15-25hrs week depending on stage of training and work commitments
Bikes: BMC Race Machine, Open Hard tail MTB, Canondale Flash 29, Specialized Epic Expert WC, Ridley CX bike
Year started racing: 2009
Racing Highlights : Winning my age group and first amateur home, 4th Female overall at Xterra Philippines and winning the prestigious Australian MTB Marathon50km The Highland Fling, 18th World Cup Val Martello, 3rd F MB Bike race Megeve
Racing Lowlights : Just missing out on the podium by coming 4th in my AG at the Xterra World Champs 2012 due to a badly executed race by leaving my nutrition in T1. Which you can read about here
Coach : Emilio Corbex
Favorite training: anything with nice views
Ideal day on a MTB: sunny crisp weather, combination of technical stuff and climbs, with mates
Favorite Food: Italian, Japanese, chocolate
Favorite Race: XTERRA World Champs Maui with XTERRA France a close 2nd, Val Martello Skimo World Cup
Coffee Preference: Chai Latte
Favourite Olympic moment : The kiwi rowing twins Ever-Swindell winning gold at Beijing 2008 after the Media insinuated they should have retired due to an average lead up to the Olympic games.
Favourite athlete : Emilie Harrop, Killian, Wout Van Bert
Favourite Movies : Le Grand Blue, Meru, Free Solo, Once, Dawn Wall,
Favourite Music : Anything
Personal Sponsors: Dynafit
Racing goals : Stay injury free as much as I can
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