The women's individual pursuit at the 2010 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 29, 2010. 14 athletes participated in the contest.
Ellen van Dijk won the gold medal, Kirsten Wild took silver and Vera Koedooder won the bronze.
Preview Ellen van Dijk, absent in 2009 but the national champion of 2007 and 2008 was one of the favourites for the title. The main rival of Van Dijk should be Kirsten Wild, the national champion of 2009.
Competition format The tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.
Race Kirsten Wild was the fastest in the qualification round with a time of 3:42.036, however Ellen van Dijk, number 2 in the qualification round, rode in the gold medal match more than a second faster (3:41.854 vs. 3:42.999), while Wild rode slower than in the qualification (3:43.233). Ellen van Dijk became so for the third time in her career the Dutch individual pursuit champion.
Results
Qualification Rank Name Time Note 1 Kirsten Wild 3:42.036 Q 2 Ellen van Dijk 3:42.999 Q 3 Vera Koedooder 3:44.368 q 4 Amy Pieters 3:47.258 q 5 Annemiek van Vleuten 3:47.426 6 Iris Slappendel 3:47.842 7 Laura van der Kamp 3:51.706 8 Chantal Blaak 3:52.369 9 Winanda Spoor 3:53.723 10 Mathilde Matthijsse 3:55.329 11 Nathalie van Gogh 3:55.691 12 Aafke Eshuis 4.00.770 13 Ilona den Hartog 4.10.821 14 Margo Klomp 4.17.395
Finals Bronze medal match Name Time Rank Vera Koedooder 3:44.516 Amy Pieters 3:47.098 4
Gold medal match Name Time Rank Kirsten Wild 3:43.233 Ellen van Dijk 3:41.854
Final results Rank Name Time Ellen van Dijk 3:41.854 Kirsten Wild 3:43.233 Vera Koedooder 3:44.516 4 Amy Pieters 3:47.098 5 Annemiek van Vleuten 3:47.426 6 Iris Slappendel 3:47.842 7 Laura van der Kamp 3:51.706 8 Chantal Blaak 3:52.369 9 Winanda Spoor 3:53.723 10 Mathilde Matthijsse 3:55.329 11 Nathalie van Gogh 3:55.691 12 Aafke Eshuis 4.00.770 13 Ilona den Hartog 4.10.821 14 Margo Klomp 4.17.395 Results from wielerpunt.com.
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