Kyara Stijns (born 9 October 1995) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.[1] She started cycling with club team 'WCL Bergklimmers' in the south of the province of Limburg. In 2013, she won the Dutch junior national championships road race. As a result, she became pro riding for Giant-Shimano in 2014.[2] On Friday 31 July 2015 she became third in the Profronde Heerlen, after winner Chantal Blaak and second Anna van der Breggen.[3] On Sunday 6 September 2015 she started the last stage of the Holland Ladies Tour in her hometown Bunde. In the same month the team announced Stijns will also be riding for Liv-Plantur in 2016.[4]

Kyara Stijns
Personal information
Born (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 29)
Bunde, Limburg, Netherlands
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61.5 kg (136 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Liv-Plantur
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2013WCL Bergklimmers
Professional teams
2014Giant-Shimano
2015-Team Liv-Plantur
Major wins
2013 Dutch road champion (junior)

Major results

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2013

  •   Dutch road champion (junior)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kyara Stijns". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Kyara Stijns Profile". TeamGiantAlpecin. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Profronde Heerlen 2015". 1Limburg. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Kyara Stijns verlengt contract". 1Limburg. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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