The women's individual pursuit at the 2011 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 28, 2011. 14 athletes participated in the contest.
Ellen van Dijk won the gold medal, Kirsten Wild took silver and Amy Pieters won the bronze.
Preview Ellen van Dijk, the national champion of 2007, 2008 and 2010 was top favourite for this discipline.
Competition format The tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.
Race Ellen van Dijk was as well in the qualification round as in the final the fastes and became, after being ascent in 2009, for the 4th time in 5 years national champion in the individual pursuit. Kirsten Wild took the silver medal and Amy Pieters won the bronze.
Results
Qualification The qualification round started at 17:30. Rank Name Time Note 1 Ellen van Dijk 3:43.457 Q 2 Kirsten Wild 3.44.971 Q 3 Amy Pieters 3.47.407 q 4 Laura van der Kamp 3.47.540 q 5 Vera Koedooder 3.50.328 6 Iris Slappendel 3.50.989 7 Nathalie van Gogh 3.54.252 8 Winanda Spoor 3.54.817 9 Rozanne Slik 3.59.474 10 Birgitta Roos 4.01.899 11 Martine van der Herberg 4.02.334 12 Aafke Eshuis 4.02.594 13 Astrid Schuitema 4.03.331 14 Judith Bloem 4.04.225
Finals The finals started at 19:40. Bronze medal match Name Time Rank Amy Pieters 3.45.293 Laura van der Kamp 3.49.998 4
Gold medal match Name Time Rank Ellen van Dijk 3.41.353 Kirsten Wild 3.42.203
Final results Rank Name Time Ellen van Dijk 3.41.353 Kirsten Wild 3.42.203 Amy Pieters 3.45.293 4 Laura van der Kamp 3.49.998 5 Vera Koedooder 3.50.328 6 Iris Slappendel 3.50.989 7 Nathalie van Gogh 3.54.252 8 Winanda Spoor 3.54.817 9 Rozanne Slik 3.59.474 10 Birgitta Roos 4.01.899 11 Martine van der Herberg 4.02.334 12 Aafke Eshuis 4.02.594 13 Astrid Schuitema 4.03.331 14 Judith Bloem 4.04.225 Results from nkbaanwielrennen.nl.
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