Aafke Eshuis

Aafke Eshuis
	File:Aafke Eshuis.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Aafke Eshuis
Born	November 24, 1987 (age 36); Haarlem, Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team
Discipline	Road and Track
Rider type	Allround
Amateur team(s)
2008	Specialized DPD Women Cyling Team
2009–2010	RTV De Bollenstreek
2011	Swabo Ladies Cyclingteam
Professional team(s)
2012	Team Ibis Cycles
2013–	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
	Representing the Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
National Championships
	Infobox last updated on; 7 January 2014

Aafke Eshuis (born November 24, 1987 in Haarlem) is a Dutch road and track racing cyclist riding for Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team.

Sport career

Aafke Eshuis started her sport career with Speed skating.^[1] After lack of progression in her results she started competitive cycling in 2009.^[2] The first race she won in her first year was the Wielerronde van Nispen.^[3] In 2010 she won bronze at the Dutch national team time trial championships and competed at the 2010 Dutch National Track Championships where she finished 11th in the 500 m time trial, 12th in the individual pursuit and 13th in the scratch race.^[4] In 2011 she rode for the Specialized DPD Women Cyling Team. On the road she finished 27th at the Dutch National Time Trial Championships and on the track she finished among others 4th in the madison.^[3]^[4] Eshuis rode for the British based Team Ibis Cycles in 2012 and started competing in Women's World Cup races. Her first World Cup race was the Ronde van Drenthe and her best result was the 8th place at the 2012 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT. After Team Ibis Cycles announced at the end of 2012 that the team stopped due to financial problems, Eshuis moved to Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team.^[5]^[6]

Aafke Eshuis earned a MSc degree in Human Movement Sciences at the VU University in Amsterdam in 2010 after getting a bachelor’s degree in 2009. Eshuis started a study physiotherapy in September 2011.^[2]

8th – Dutch Team Time Trial Championship (together with Elise van Hage, Nathalie van Gogh and Anouk van der Kieft)

– Dutch Team Time Trial Championship (together with Elise van Hage and Nathalie van Gogh)
43rd – Dutch Road Race Championship
11th – Dutch Track Championships, 500 m time trial
12th – Dutch Track Championships, Individual pursuit
13th – Dutch Track Championships, Scratch race

20px – Dutch Team Time Trial Championship (together with Julia Soek, Ilona Hoeksma and Vera Koedooder)

OTL = over time limit, DNF = did not finish

Source:^[1]

Distance	Time	Date	Ice rink
500 meter	43.31	11 December 2006	Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 meter	1:27.61	2 January 2009	Arena Ritten, Collalbo
1500 meter	2:12.52	20 November 2007	Thialf, Heerenveen
3000 meter	4:47.86	5 December 2008	Thialf, Heerenveen

Discipline	Time	Date	Event	Velodrome
Time trial (500 m)	38.576	27 December 2011	National Track Championships	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Individual pursuit (3000 m)	4:00.770	29 December 2010	National Track Championships	Omnisport Apeldoorn