Noortje Tabak

Noortje Tabak
Personal information
Born (1988-07-13) 13 July 1988
Bergeijk, Netherlands
Team information
DisciplineRoad cycling
Professional team
2007–2011Team DSB Bank

Noortje "Noor" Tabak (born 13 July 1988 in Bergeijk) is a road cyclist from the Netherlands. At the 2010 European Road Championships she won the under-23 women's road race. She competed later the year in the women's road race at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships, finishing 32nd.[1]

Biography

Her first international appearance was in 2006 when she represented as a junior the Netherlands at the 2006 European Road Championships. She became in the Netherlands regional champion in 2009.[2] At the 2010 European Road Championships in Ankara, Turkey, she became European Champion winning the under-23 women's road race. In the race she won the sprint of the breakaway group ahead of Lesya Kalytovska from Ukraine and Ausrine Trebaite from Lithuania.[3][4] WIth her title, she was automatically selected for the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[5]

Personal life

Tabak was born in 1988 as the daughter of professional cyclist Gerard Tabak. She has an older sister.[6][7] As of 2009 she lived in Bergeijk, Netherlands.[2] She studied medicine.[8] She worked as a general practitioner.[7]

Tabak has a relationship with cyclist Pim Ligthart. Together they have two children.[7][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Noortje Tabak". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Wieler Vereniging Schijndel". Kliknieuws Veghel (in Dutch). 2 June 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Tabak verovert Europese titel bij de beloften". Wieler Revue (in Dutch). 17 July 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Tabak Europees kampioene bij beloften". NU.nl (in Dutch). 17 July 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Vos en Bruins ook in tijdrit op WK". Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). 25 August 2010. p. 24. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via Krantenbank Zeeland. Noortje Tabak. Laatstgenoemde is vanwege haar Europese titel automatisch geplaatst voor het WK.
  6. ^ Piet Gijsbers (31 August 2014). "167. 2014 Bergeijk Pim Ligthart tweemaal achtereen strijdlustigste in Vuelta". Wielerspiegel (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  7. ^ a b c Piet Gijsbers (31 August 2014). "Pim Ligthart aan het stuur bij Team Picnic-PostNL". Wielerspiegel (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Noortje Tabak: 32ste op WK". Observant Online (in Dutch). 7 October 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Tour de Mariënvelde 2011". Tour de Mariënvelde (in Dutch). July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
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