Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam. In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway.

Junior career
Van den Broek-Blaak was the Dutch national junior time trial champion in 2006 and 2007. She was European under-23 road race champion in 2009 and was also third in the Ronde van Drenthe race of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in that year.

Professional career
Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team  for a year.

In 2014, she joined and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda.

She transferred to the team for 2015, along with sponsors Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica and teammate Evelyn Stevens. She won the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames.

2016 was her most successful season to date, yielding wins in Le Samyn des Dames, the Ronde van Drenthe, Gent–Wevelgem and the Holland Ladies Tour.

In 2017, van den Broek-Blaak became both Dutch national and world road race champion after she successfully broke away from an elite group of riders 8 km from the finish. In the rainbow jersey, she won the Amstel Gold Race in 2018.

2019 saw Chantal Blaak win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time. In 2020, she enhanced her resume by winning the Tour of Flanders for Women. A year later, she won Strade Bianche Women.

She sat out of the 2023 season after announcing her pregnancy in January at her team's presentation. She returned to racing in 2024, becoming Dutch national champion for the third time.

Personal life
In the 2019 off-season, Chantal Blaak married former cyclist Lars van den Broek.

Major results

 * 2007
 * 1st MaillotHolanda.svg Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
 * UCI Juniors World Championships
 * 5th Time trial
 * 10th Road race


 * 2008
 * 6th Ronde van Gelderland


 * 2009
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Grand Prix de Dottignies
 * 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
 * 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 7th Omloop van Borsele
 * 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
 * 10th Ronde van Gelderland


 * 2010
 * 2nd Holland Hills Classic
 * 5th Ronde van Drenthe
 * 6th Tour of Flanders
 * 7th Open de Suède Vårgårda
 * 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships


 * 2011
 * 1st Erondegemse Pijl
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 4th GP de Plouay
 * 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
 * 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 10th Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
 * 1st Stage 2


 * 2012
 * 2nd Ronde van Gelderland
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 4th EPZ Omloop van Borsele
 * 5th Holland Hills Classic
 * 5th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
 * 8th Overall Energiewacht Tour


 * 2013
 * 3rd Chrono Gatineau
 * 5th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
 * 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 7th Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
 * 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 9th Overall Belgium Tour


 * 2014
 * 1st Gold medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 1st Drentse 8
 * 1st Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
 * 1st Open de Suède Vårgårda
 * 1st Stage 5 Energiewacht Tour
 * 4th Ronde van Drenthe World Cup
 * 5th Novilon EDR Cup
 * 7th Ronde van Overijssel


 * 2015
 * 1st Le Samyn
 * 1st RaboRonde Heerlen
 * 1st Stage 3 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Omloop van het Hageland
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Crescent Vårgårda TTT
 * 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 4th Time trial, EPZ Omloop van Borsele
 * 5th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
 * 6th Holland Hills Classic
 * 9th Tour of Flanders
 * 9th Ronde van Overijssel


 * 2016
 * 1st Gold medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
 * 1st Le Samyn
 * 1st Ronde van Drenthe
 * 1st Gent–Wevelgem
 * Crescent Vårgårda
 * 1st Team time trial
 * 3rd Road race
 * Energiewacht Tour
 * 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 3rd Tour of Flanders
 * 4th Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
 * 5th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
 * 6th Omloop van Borsele


 * 2017
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial
 * 1st MaillotHolanda.svg Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Crescent Vårgårda TTT
 * Healthy Ageing Tour
 * 1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 4
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia Femminile
 * 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 3rd Tour of Flanders
 * 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
 * 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 8th Gent–Wevelgem
 * 9th Ronde van Drenthe


 * 2018
 * 1st MaillotHolanda.svg Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Amstel Gold Race
 * 1st Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden TTT
 * 1st Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
 * 1st Stages 3b (TTT) & 4
 * 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
 * 4th Strade Bianche
 * 5th Tour of Flanders


 * 2019
 * 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, European Games
 * 2nd Ronde van Drenthe
 * 7th Tour of Flanders
 * 10th Strade Bianche


 * 2020
 * 1st Le Samyn des Dames
 * 1st Tour of Flanders
 * 4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
 * 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad


 * 2021
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 1st Strade Bianche
 * 1st Dwars door het Hageland
 * 1st Drentse Acht van Westerveld
 * 10th Paris–Roubaix


 * 2022
 * 3rd Tour of Flanders
 * 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
 * 7th Omloop van het Hageland
 * 8th Paris–Roubaix


 * 2024
 * 1st MaillotHolanda.svg Road race, National Road Championships