Yara Kastelijn
Dutch cyclist (born 1997)
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Yara Kastelijn (born 9 August 1997) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently competes in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross Team Credishop–Fristads,[4] and in road cycling for UCI Women's WorldTeam Fenix–Premier Tech.[5]
FullnameYara Kastelijn
Born9 August 1997
Deurne, Netherlands
Deurne, Netherlands
Currentteam
- Credishop–Fristads (cyclo-cross)
- Fenix–Premier Tech (road)
Disciplines
- Road
- Cyclo-cross
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| Born | 9 August 1997 Deurne, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 | De Jonge Renner | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Guerciotti Selle Italia | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–2018 | Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Steylaerts–777[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Ciclismo Mundial (road)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Creafin–Fristads (cyclo-cross)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
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In 2019, she won the elite race at the European Cyclo-cross Championships.[6] In 2023, Kastelijn won stage 4 at the Tour de France Femmes, as well as holding the polka dot jersey of the mountains classification for 3 stages.[7][8]
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 2013–2014
- 2nd Surhuisterveen
- 2nd Milan
- 2016–2017
- 2nd Surhuisterveen
- 2017–2018
- 3rd National Under-23 Championships
- 2018–2019
- Toi Toi Cup
- 1st Mlada Boleslav
- 1st Pfaffnau
- 2nd Pétange
- 2nd La Meziere
- 2019–2020
- 1st
UEC European Championships - Superprestige
- 3rd Overall DVV Trophy
- 1st Koppenberg
- 3rd Ronse
- 1st Wachtebeke
- Ethias Cross
- 2nd Kruibeke
- Rectavit Series
- 2nd Neerpelt
- 2nd Gullegem
- UCI World Cup
- 2020–2021
- Ethias Cross
- 2nd Kruibeke
- X²O Badkamers Trophy
- 3rd Koppenberg
- 3rd Kortrijk
- 2021–2022
- Ethias Cross
- 3rd
UEC European Championships - 2022–2023
- Exact Cross
- 3rd Essen
Gravel
- 2025
- 4th UCI World Championships
Road
- 2015
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Championships - 3rd Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships
- 8th Road race, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2016
- 1st Stage 2a (TTT) Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 2017
- 8th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 2018
- 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2021
- 10th Overall Tour of Norway
- 2022
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2023
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4
- Held
after Stages 2 & 5–6 
Combativity award Stage 4 & Overall
- 2024
- 8th Overall La Vuelta Femenina
- 2025
- 8th Tre Valli Varesine
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2026
- 2nd Overall Itzulia Women
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
