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Rigard van Klooster

Rigard van Klooster

Dutch track racing cyclist and speed skater

Rigardus Antonius "Rigard" van Klooster (born April 6, 1989 in Linschoten) is a former Dutch track racing cyclist and speed skater.

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Sport career

Speed skating

Rigard van Klooster started his sports career with speed skating. He started with speed skating when he was very young, started competing in 2002,[1] and won his first national junior championship in 2006 as a B-junior.[2] Since the season 2007–2008, Van Klooster skated for Gewest Noord-Holland/Utrecht and was a trainee at the APPM-team since the 2008–2009 season. As an elite athlete, Van Klooster competed in 2010 and 2011 at both the Dutch Allround Championships and the Dutch Single Distance Championships. He finished 17th overall at the 2010 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships and 22nd overall at the 2011 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships.

Track cycling

2011

A wingate test in early 2011 showed that van Klooster had the potential for track cycling. After some track cycling sessions, the KNWU offered van Klooster a place in the development team and a room in Papendal, near the velodrome in Apeldoorn. Van Klooster took the offer and quit speed skating. He rode in his first international competition at the Trois Jours d'Aigle, where he finished 13th. Two weeks after riding the two days of Wien, Van Klooster became the Dutch national sprint champion for amateurs in December. Later that month, after getting an elite license, he placed 4th in the 1 km time trial at the Dutch national track championships and 7th in both the keirin and the sprint.

2012

Van Klooster competed in the International Track Grand Prix of Alkmaar, Perth, Colorado Springs, Cottbus and Vienna.[3][4][5][6] In Vienna, he won bronze in the team sprint.[7] Based on his results, he qualified for the 2012 European Track Championships where he finished 6th in the team sprint (together with Hylke van Grieken and Matthijs Büchli) and 12th in the keirin.[8] At the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic in Glasgow he competed in the keirin. He finished twice in third place and did not reach the second round.[9][10][11]

Results in major competitions

Speed skating

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Track cycling

Personal records

Speed skating[12]
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Track cycling
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References

  1. [1]
    "Rigard van Klooster 2001–2002". osta.nl. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Rigard van Klooster 2005–2006 HB2". osta.nl. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Perth International Track Cycling Grand Prix 2012". Cyclingnews. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  4. [4]
    "US Grand Prix of Sprinting results". Canadiancyclist. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
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    "GP von Deutschland im Sprint". UCI. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  6. [6]
    "Grand Prix Vienna (AUT/C1)". UCI. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Grandand Prix Vienna (AUT/C1) – Team Sprint Results". UCI. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. [8]
    "Slechts vier baanwielrenners naar EK". de Telegraaf. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  9. [9]
    "Baanrenners Haak en Van Klooster net buiten medailles". RTV Utrecht. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  10. [10]
    "UCI Track Cycling World Cup Men's Keirin First Round Results". Tissot timing. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  11. [11]
    "UCI Track Cycling World Cup Men's Keirin First Round Repechage results". Tissot timing. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  12. [12]
    "Rigard van Klooster". shorttrack.sportresult.com. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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