Dutch record progression track cycling – Women's team pursuit
Time Speed ( km/h ) Cyclists Event Location of race Date
3:36.901 49.792 Ellen van Dijk Marlijn Binnendijk Yvonne Hijgenaar 2007-08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics - Round 4 ( Qualification ) Copenhagen 17 February 2008
3:32.666 50.783 Ellen van Dijk Marlijn Binnendijk Yvonne Hijgenaar 2007-08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics - Round 4 ( Gold medal race ) Copenhagen 17 February 2008
3:31.596 51.040 Ellen van Dijk Marlijn Binnendijk Elise van Hage 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships ( Qualifying ) Manchester 28 March 2008
3:31.045 51.250 Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder 2008-09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics - Round 5 ( Qualification ) Copenhagen 15 February 2009
3:29.730 51.494 Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder 2008-09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics - Round 5 ( Gold medal race ) Copenhagen 15 February 2009
3:29.379 51.581 Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships ( Bronze medal race ) Pruszków 26 March 2009
3:25.156 52.642 Ellen van Dijk Amy Pieters Vera Koedooder 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships ( Qualifying ) Ballerup 25 March 2010
3:23.179 53.155 Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder 2010-11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics - Round 4 ( Qualifying ) Manchester 18 February 2011
3:21.550 53.584 Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Amy Pieters 2011-12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Round 1 ( Gold medal race ) Astana 4 November 2011
3:20.013 53.996 Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Vera Koedooder 2012 Summer Olympics ( First round ) London 4 August 2012
Progression -- 3000 m team pursuit with three riders ( 2007–2012 )
This is an overview of the progression of the Dutch track cycling record of the women's team pursuit. The women's 3000m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced by the UCI at the 2007-08 track cycling season. The Dutch team consisting of Ellen van Dijk, Marlijn Binnendijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar rode the team pursuit for the first time at Round 4 at the 2007-08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen in a time of 3:36.901 (49.792 km/h). They broke the record later that day. After have ridden the team pursuit for the first time, the record has been broken nine times. Ellen van Dijk is the only woman who always has been part of the squad when a record was broken. The current record was settled during the 2012 Summer Olympics by Ellen van Dijk, Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder in a time of 3:20.013 (53.996 km/h) on 4 August 2012. After the 2011-12 track cycling season the UCI changed the discipline into a 4000 m team pursuit with 4 riders.