Netherlands at the UCI Road World Championships
Medal Championship Name Event
Bronze 1925 Apeldoorn Gerrit van den Berg Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1933 Montlhéry Marinus Valentijn Men 's road race
Gold 1934 Leipzig Kees Pellenaars Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1936 Bern Theo Middelkamp Men 's road race
Bronze 1938 Valkenburg Joop Demmenie Men 's amateur road race
Gold 1947 Reims Theo Middelkamp Men 's road race
Bronze 1947 Reims Sjef Janssen Men 's road race
Bronze 1947 Reims Gerard van Beek Men 's amateur road race
Gold 1949 Copenhagen Henk Faanhof Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1949 Copenhagen Hub Vinken Men 's amateur road race
Silver 1950 Moorslede Theo Middelkamp Men 's road race
Bronze 1951 Varese Jan Plantaz Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1954 Sollingen Martin van der Borgh Men 's amateur road race
Gold 1956 Copenhagen Frans Mahn Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1956 Copenhagen Gerrit Schulte Men 's road race
Bronze 1956 Copenhagen Jan Buis Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1957 Waregem Schalk Verhoef Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1959 Zandvoort Bas Maliepaard Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1962 Salo Arie den Hartog Men 's amateur road race
Bronze 1963 Ronse Jo de Haan Men 's road race
List of medalists
This a list of Dutch medals won at the UCI Road World Championships . Marianne Vos finished second in the women 's road race in 2011 . Ellen van Dijk won the women 's time trial in 2013 .
The Netherlands first sent athletes to the UCI Road World Championships in the begin 1920s when only amateur cyclist competed. The nation's first medal, a bronze, was earned by Gerrit van den Berg in the men's amateur road race. Kees Pellenaars won the first gold medal for the Netherlands in the amateur road race. Theo Middelkamp won the first gold medal in the elite category in 1947.