Chantal van den Broek-Blaak

Chantal van den Broek-Blaak is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam. In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway. Van den Broek-Blaak also won several classic one-day races including Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and Strade Bianche. She retired in January 2025.

Career

Van den Broek-Blaak began her professional career in 2008 with the Dutch and remained with them until they disbanded at the end of 2012, after which she raced for the US team for a year.
In 2014, she joined and won her first UCI Women's Road World Cup race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda.
She transferred to the team for 2015, along with sponsors Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica and teammate Evelyn Stevens. She won the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames.
2016 was her most successful season to date, yielding wins in Le Samyn des Dames, the Ronde van Drenthe, Gent–Wevelgem and the Holland Ladies Tour.
In 2017, van den Broek-Blaak became both Dutch national and world road race champion after she successfully broke away from an elite group of riders from the finish. In the rainbow jersey, she won the Amstel Gold Race in 2018.
2019 saw Chantal Blaak win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for the first time. In 2020, she enhanced her resume by winning the Tour of Flanders for Women. A year later, she won Strade Bianche Women.
She sat out of the 2023 season after announcing her pregnancy in January at her team's presentation. She returned to racing in 2024, becoming Dutch national champion for the third time.
In January 2025, she announced her retirement as she is expecting a second child – having originally planned to retire at the end of the 2025 season.

In the 2019 off-season, Chantal Blaak married former cyclist Lars van den Broek.

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