Michiel van der Heijden (born 3 January 1992) is a Dutch former professional mountain biker and cyclo-cross cyclist.
Van der Heijden won a silver medal for mountain biking in the 2009 European Championships in Zoetermeer, and a bronze medal in 2010 in Haifa. In 2011 he became Dutch National Champion for the 9th time.
In 2010 van der Heijden became World Champion XCO juniors in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, making him the second Dutch XCO World Champion after Bart Brentjens. He was on the start list for the 2018 Cross-country European Championship and he finished
Major results Mountain bike
2009 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships 2nd Cross-country, European Junior Championships 3rd Mixed team relay, European Championships 2010 1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships UCI Junior XCO World Cup 1st Dalby Forest 1st Offenbourg 1st Houffalize 3rd Cross-country, European Junior Championships 2012 1st Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 1st Windham 2nd Nové Město 2nd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships 2nd Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships 3rd Mixed team relay, European Championships 2013 1st Cross-country, National Championships 3rd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 3rd Albstadt 3rd Hafjell 3rd Nové Město 2014 1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships 1st Cross-country, National Championships 2nd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 2nd Nové Město 2nd Albstadt 2nd Pietermaritzburg 3rd Méribel 3rd Cairns 2nd Cross-country, European Under-23 Championships 2015 1st Cross-country, National Championships 2016 3rd Cross-country, National Championships 2017 1st Cross-country, National Championships 2018 3rd Cross-country, National Championships
Cyclo-cross
2008–2009 3rd Zonnebeke Juniors 3rd Hoogstraten, Junior Superprestige 2009–2010 1st Kopenberg, Junior Gazet van Antwerpen 2nd National Junior Championships 3rd European Junior Championships 3rd Gavere, Junior Superprestige 4th Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup 2nd Koksijde 2011–2012 3rd UCI World Under-23 Championships 3rd Hoogerheide, UCI Under-23 World Cup 2012–2013 1st Citadelcross Under-23 2nd Koksijde, UCI Under-23 World Cup 2013–2014 2nd Grand Prix Hotel Threeland
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