European Championships The European Championships are already two weeks behind us. I did not manage to get the results a wanted but now it is clear to me what I need to improve. The focus this winter will be to develop my weaknesses. The goal......
Rhythm and UCI points The past three weeks have been dominated by race rhythm, UCI points and hard training. That certainly all happened and steps are made for the upcoming season. Kristina Vogel But then something very tragic happened, which makes everything quite relative. I’m......
Endurance training After the Worlds, after holidays, after skiing, it was again time to get into shape for the first big goal of the season: the European Championships in august this year. Due to college I skipped the first endurance road camp in Mallorca and......
Apeldoorn The Worlds… The global battle for honor, personal goals, highlights, rainbow jerseys and medals is already over. The whole season the World Championships was for our Dutch Team the main goal. The magic of it was that it took place in Apeldoorn last week.......
Six Days of Rotterdam I started 2018 already good with the ‘Zesdaagse van Rotterdam’. The first 3 days I rode a competition with Kyra Lamberink, Elis Ligtlee and Laurine van Riessen. It was a chance for the audience to get to know the elite womens......
Last week was, besides normal training, about family, having fun, good food and the Dutch National Championship. We also made a quick trip to Winterberg. As a way of ‘alternative training’ we went skiing. National Championship The Dutch Championship started for me immediately after Boxing......
Pruszkow After the Euros in Berlin we had to switch quickly and prepare for 3 upcoming World Cups. I was forced to take a step back for 1 week because of my crash at the Euros. After that I started training for the first World Cup......
The beginning of the track season Last weekend finally it was time for the beginning of the track season. The European Championships in Berlin. For me it started on thursday with the teamsprint. Hetty van de Wouw and me alternated and rode together with Kyra......
He’s Live! My new website. As an athlete I am trying to reach my goals on a daily basis. Regularly I share my experiences through my Social Media channels. But I felt the need to have ‘my own place’. That has become this website and......
After a heart attack she missed the Olympics in Rio. Now she’s heading for Tokyo. TiU student and professional track cyclist Shanne Braspennincx does not give up. “I’m kind of adrenaline junkie.” Qliq below for the interview (in dutch) https://universonline.nl/2017/06/13/shanne-braspennincx-verder-fietsen-als-je-hart-stopt...