Floortje Mackaij (born 18 October 1995) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.

After switching from speed skating to road cycling she became the 2013 junior Dutch National time trial Champion and won a silver medal in the junior time trial at the 2013 European Road Championships. In the same year she represented her country at the UCI Road World Championships in the junior time trial and road race.

Personal life Mackaij lives with her parents in Woerden and has one older brother. Her father, Ron Mackay, was also a professional cyclist. Mackaij graduated from the Minkema College, Woerden, in 2012 and went to the Johan Cruijff College afterwards.

Career

Early career Mackaij started her career as a speed skater. When she was seven years old she became a member of a local speed skating club. As a 'Junior C' and 'Junior B' she skated at national level and was part of the regional selection. Between 2011 and 2013 she participated every year at the Dutch Junior Championships. Her best result was 6th place as a Junior B in the 3000 metres at the Single Distance Championships in 2012. As part of her skating training she undertook cycling as part of cross-training in summer. She joined the local road cycling club and started riding official races a few years later when she was 14 years old. At the end of 2012 she joined the national selection and changed her main sport from speed skating to cycling.

2013

In one of the most prestigious stage races for junior riders, the Energiewacht Tour, Mackaij won one stage and the overall points classification, as she finished third in the general classification. In June she became Dutch National Time Trial Champion for juniors. A month later she won the silver medal in the time trial for junior riders at the 2013 European Road Championships and finished 21st in the road race. After training several times during the year with she joined the team in August. Mackaij was selected to ride the time trial and road race at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships where she finished 8th and 13th respectively. Mackaij was awarded the title for sport talent of Woerden of the year 2013.

2014

Mackaij won the Parel van de Veluwe in June. She was selected to ride the road race at the 2014 European Road Championships where she finished seventh.

2015

On 22 March Mackaij won the non-UCI race Rabo Koepel Race in Lierop, after riding clear from a front group. Three days later she finished second behind Amy Pieters in Dwars door Vlaanderen. She finished the week with winning Gent–Wevelgem, her first elite UCI victory. She escaped in the last three kilometres from a front group three and was not pulled back by the others.

Career achievements Major results

2013 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 2nd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships 3rd Overall Energiewacht Tour (juniors) 1st Points classification 1st Stage 3 8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2014 1st Parel van de Veluwe 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 10th Overall Belgium Tour 2015 1st Gent–Wevelgem 1st Stage 3 Belgium Tour 2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour 1st Young rider classification 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen 3rd 94.7 Cycle Challenge 9th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 10th Time trial 10th Road race 2016 2nd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour 1st Young rider classification 2nd Omloop van Borsele 3rd Omloop van de IJsseldelta 3rd Women's Tour de Yorkshire 4th Le Samyn des Dames 4th Diamond Tour 7th Ronde van Drenthe 8th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik 9th Overall Energiewacht Tour 1st Young rider classification 10th Overall The Women's Tour 1st Young rider classification 10th Ronde van Gelderland 2017 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 6th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg 6th Omloop van de IJsseldelta 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 10th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour 2018 Ladies Tour of Norway 1st Team time trial 8th Overall Stage race 2nd Le Samyn des Dames 2nd Crescent Vårgårda TTT 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen 6th Drentse Acht van Westerveld 8th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 4 8th Gent–Wevelgem 8th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen 9th Ronde van Drenthe 2019 1st Team relay, UEC European Road Championships 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 3rd Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda West Sweden TTT 5th Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik 6th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway 7th Omloop van het Hageland 7th Ronde van Drenthe 9th Overall Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2020 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 3rd Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik 2021 1st Overall Trophée des Grimpeuses 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 2nd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames 3rd Team relay, UEC European Road Championships 5th Ronde van Drenthe 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen 7th GP Oetingen 8th Overall Challenge by La Vuelta 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 2022 3rd Omloop van het Hageland 3rd Drentse Acht van Westerveld 6th Paris–Roubaix 2023 1st Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen 10th Strade Bianche

Championship results Event 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Olympic Games Time trial colspan="3" rowspan="2" — colspan="4" rowspan="2" — colspan="2" rowspan="2" — Road race — — — World Championships Time trial 8 — — — — — — — — — — Road race 13 — — — — — 33 92 — 36 — European Championships Time trial 2 — 10 — 27 — — — — — — Road race 21 7 10 — 9 11 — — 12 42 47 Mixed Team Relay colspan=6 1 — 3 NH — National Championships Time trial 1 16 13 13 9 6 6 18 — — — Road race — 9 17 9 3 14 7 DNF 10 — 8 27

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held

Speed skating records + Speed SkatingDistanceTimeDateIce Rink 500 meter42.7420 December 2012Thialf, Heerenveen 1000 meter1:26.162 December 2012 De Westfries, Hoorn 1500 meter2:06.9420 December 2012Thialf, Heerenveen 3000 meter4:30.3527 October 2012Thialf, Heerenveen 5000 meter8:03.4818 March 2012 IJsbaan Twente, Enschede

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