Fem van Empel

Fem van Empel
	Van Empel on the podium at the 2022 European Cyclo-cross Championships
Personal information
Nickname	SuperFem Fem Van De Poel
Born	3 September 2002 (age 22); 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Team information
Current team	Team Jumbo–Visma
Discipline	Cyclo-cross & Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2021	WV Schijndel
Professional teams
2021–2022	Pauwels Sauzen–Bingoal
2023	Team Jumbo–Visma
Major wins
	Cyclo-cross World Championships (2023, 2024) European Championships (2022, 2023, 2024) World Cup (2022–23) 15 individual wins (2021–22—2024–25) X²O Badkamers Trophy (2022–23, 2023–24)
Medal record
Representing the Netherlands
Women's cyclo-cross
World Championships
European Championships
Women's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Women's gravel bicycle racing
European Championships

Fem van Empel (born 3 September 2002) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.^[4]^[5] In January 2021, she won the women's under-23 race at the 2021 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.^[6]^[7] During the 2022–2023 season she won the women's elite race at the World Championships and the European Cyclo-cross Championships. On 22 January 2023, she secured overall victory at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup (2022–23). On 16 Feb 2023 at Brussels, Fem clinched the X20 Badkamers Trophy.^[8] The previous week, her first race in the World Champions jersey, competing in the X20 Badkamers at Lille she finished 1st doing a "Pidcock" (posing as Superwoman) across the finish line.^[9] In the cyclo cross season 2023 to 2024 Fem Van Empel was first in her first eleven races. Having finished the previous season with five successive firsts, it brought her run of first places in top level Cyclocross to sixteen.^[10] Fem Van Empel retained her UCI World Championship at Tábor on 3 February 2024. One respected commentator (Marty McCrossan) noted he had "run out of superlatives to describe Fems phenomenal talent", calling her "The Golden Girl of Cyclocross". Another (Ian Field) described her performance as " pretty much perfection" .^[11] "Velo" noted that "her 18th victory out of what has been (so far) a 20-race season" is "a staggering success rate " ^[12].Fem completed her 2023 to 2024 season with a win to take the X²O Badkamers Trophy at Lille on 11 Feb. This took her number of wins for the season to 19 from 21 races. ^[13] At the end of season 2023 to 2024 Fems' career total number of Elite level Cyclo-cross race wins was 37. ^[14] ^[15] ^[16]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2019–2020

3rd National Junior Championships

5th UCI World Junior Championships

2020–2021

1st

UCI World Under-23 Championships

UCI World Cup

4th Dendermonde

2021–2022

1st

National Under-23 Championships

UCI World Cup

1st Val di Sole

1st Flamanville

4th Besançon

4th Rucphen

4th Namur

4th Hoogerheide

5th Zonhoven

5th Hulst

Superprestige

2nd Heusden-Zolder

Ethias Cross

2nd Lokeren

3rd

UCI World Under-23 Championships

3rd

UEC European Under-23 Championships

2022–2023

1st

UCI World Championships

1st

UEC European Championships

1st

Overall UCI World Cup

1st Waterloo

1st Fayetteville

1st Tábor

1st Maasmechelen

1st Antwerpen

1st Dublin

1st Benidorm

2nd Beekse Bergen

2nd Overijse

2nd Hulst

3rd Zonhoven

1st Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy

1st Koppenberg

1st Baal

1st Hamme

1st Lille

1st Brussels

2nd Koksijde

Exact Cross

1st Kruibeke

1st Beringen

2nd Meulebeke

3rd National Championships

2023–2024

1st

UCI World Championships

1st

UEC European Championships

1st Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy

1st Koppenberg

1st Kortrijk

1st Herentals

1st Baal

1st Koksijde

1st Hamme

1st Lille

4th Overall UCI World Cup

1st Waterloo

1st Maasmechelen

1st Antwerpen

1st Benidorm

1st Hoogerheide

2nd Gavere

4th Hulst

Superprestige

1st Overijse

1st Boom

1st Heusden-Zolder

Exact Cross

1st Beringen

1st Woerden

2024–2025

1st

UEC European Championships

UCI World Cup

1st Antwerpen

X²O Badkamers Trophy

1st Koppenberg

1st Herentals

Exact Cross

1st Beringen

1st Kortrijk

Gravel

2023: 1st National Championships; 2nd UEC European Championships

Mountain bike

2019: 3rd Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2020: 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships; 3rd Eliminator, UCI World Championships
2021: 2nd Eliminator, UEC European Championships
2022: 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships; 2nd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships

Road

2022: 3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2023: 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir; 6th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic; 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2024: 8th La Flèche Wallonne

References

^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
^ "Superwoman: Fem van Empel wins first race in the rainbow jersey". 12 February 2023.
^ "Discovery+".
^ "Meet the 18-year-old cyclocross sensation who's taking it to the world's best". Cycling Tips. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "18-year-old Fem van Empel signs professional contract with Pauwels Sauces: 'The youngest cyclocross topper since Marianne Vos in 2004'". Netherlands News Live. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Fem van Empel takes U23 world cyclocross title". Velo News. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "Fem van Empel wint goud op WK veldrijden voor beloften vrouwen". Wielerflits. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
^ "GCN+ | Cycling As You've Never Seen It". plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "GCN+ | Cycling As You've Never Seen It". plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross". Cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Discovery+".
^ "Fem van Empel Dominates on Muddy World Cyclocross Champs Course in Tábor". 3 February 2024.
^ "Van Empel rounds off great cyclocross season with victory in Lille".
^ "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross".
^ "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross".
^ "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross".

External links

Fem van Empel at UCI
Fem van Empel at Cycling Archives (archived)
Fem van Empel at ProCyclingStats
Fem van Empel at CycleBase
Fem van Empel at MTB Data
Fem van Empel at UCI

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[1] "- YouTube". YouTube.

[2] "Superwoman: Fem van Empel wins first race in the rainbow jersey". 12 February 2023.

[3] "Discovery+".

[4] "Meet the 18-year-old cyclocross sensation who's taking it to the world's best". Cycling Tips. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[5] "18-year-old Fem van Empel signs professional contract with Pauwels Sauces: 'The youngest cyclocross topper since Marianne Vos in 2004'". Netherlands News Live. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[6] "Fem van Empel takes U23 world cyclocross title". Velo News. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[7] "Fem van Empel wint goud op WK veldrijden voor beloften vrouwen". Wielerflits. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

[8] "GCN+ | Cycling As You've Never Seen It". plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[9] "GCN+ | Cycling As You've Never Seen It". plus.globalcyclingnetwork.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[10] "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross". Cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

[11] "Discovery+".

[12] "Fem van Empel Dominates on Muddy World Cyclocross Champs Course in Tábor". 3 February 2024.

[13] "Van Empel rounds off great cyclocross season with victory in Lille".

[14] "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross".

[15] "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross".

[16] "Fem van Empel - Cyclocross".

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v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Women's elite race
2000–2009	2000: Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) 2001: Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) 2002: Laurence Leboucher (FRA) 2003: Daphny van den Brand (NED) 2004: Laurence Leboucher (FRA) 2005: Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) 2006: Marianne Vos (NED) 2007: Maryline Salvetat (FRA) 2008: Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) 2009: Marianne Vos (NED)
2010–2019	2010: Marianne Vos (NED) 2011: Marianne Vos (NED) 2012: Marianne Vos (NED) 2013: Marianne Vos (NED) 2014: Marianne Vos (NED) 2015: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) 2016: Thalita de Jong (NED) 2017: Sanne Cant (BEL) 2018: Sanne Cant (BEL) 2019: Sanne Cant (BEL)
2020–2029	2020: Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (NED) 2021: Lucinda Brand (NED) 2022: Marianne Vos (NED) 2023: Fem van Empel (NED) 2024: Fem van Empel (NED)

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Women's under-23 race
2010–2019	2016: Evie Richards (GBR) 2017: Annemarie Worst (NED) 2018: Evie Richards (GBR) 2019: Inge van der Heijden (NED)
2020–2029	2020: Marion Norbert-Riberolle (FRA) 2021: Fem van Empel (NED) 2022: Puck Pieterse (NED) 2023: Shirin van Anrooij (NED) 2024: Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR)