Ellen van Dijk wins women's Dutch time trial title

BRUGES BELGIUM SEPTEMBER 20 Ellen Van Dijk of Netherlands sprints during the 94th UCI Road World Championships 2021 Women Elite a 3030km Individual Time Trial race from KnokkeHeist to Bruges flanders2021 ITT on September 20 2021 in Bruges Belgium Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Ellen Van Dijk (Image credit: Getty Images)

Ellen van Dijk added another Dutch time trial title to her long list of accolades in the discipline covering the 29.4km route in 35:55. The reigning Time Trial World Champion and World Hour Record holder beat her Trek-Segafredo teammate Shirin van Anrooij by 1:03 and Jumbo-Visma's Riejanne Markus by 1:38 in Emmen. Van Anrooij's efforts also secured her the under-13 women's time trial title.

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