Netherlands

Mathieu Van der Poel (Netherlands), Cyclocross world champion in 2019 - pict.: CXMagazine.com

The Year’s Best – Netherlands best Cycling nation in 2019

In this article on the final 2019 sport group rankings, we look at Cycling, a group that aggregates the results of five different disciplines: Road Cycling, Track Cycling...

Best Sports

2019

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Football 480 22.5
2 Track Cycling 238 11.1
3 Speedskating 228 10.7
4 Athletics 221 10.3
5 Handball 180 8.4
6 Archery 126 5.9 -1
7 Road Cycling 116 5.4 -1
8 Judo 99 4.6 -1
9 Korfball 80 3.7 -1
10 Short Track 65 3.0 -1

2018

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Track Cycling 258 14.7 8
2 Hockey 252 14.3
3 Speedskating 217 12.3 -2
4 Road Cycling 209 11.9
5 Volleyball 194 11.0 2
6 Sailing 174 9.9
7 Judo 69 3.9 7
8 Short Track 67 3.8 -2
9 BMX 60 3.4 10
10 Tennis 53 3.0 13

2017

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Speedskating 232 14.3 2
2 Athletics 186 11.5 4
3 Rowing 180 11.1 12
4 Road Cycling 152 9.4 1
5 Handball 144 8.9 -1
6 Short Track 134 8.3 7
7 Volleyball 88 5.4 -6
8 Swimming 75 4.6 2
9 Track Cycling 55 3.4 2
10 Archery 55 3.4 2

2016

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Volleyball 275 14.5
2 Hockey 234 12.4
3 Speedskating 216 11.4 -2
4 Handball 120 6.3 -2
5 Road Cycling 119 6.3 4
6 Athletics 105 5.5 -3
7 Sailing 96 5.1
8 BMX 88 4.6 -1
9 Karate 87 4.6
10 Swimming 80 4.2 -6

2015

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Speedskating 222 15.2 2
2 Handball 192 13.2
3 Athletics 145 9.9
4 Swimming 120 8.2
5 Korfball 100 6.9
6 Short Track 84 5.8 -2
7 BMX 80 5.5 1
8 Water Polo 70 4.8
9 Road Cycling 68 4.7 1
10 Archery 65 4.5 2

Netherlands Positions

2019

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 10
Gender:Men 15
Gender:Women 5
Continent:Europe 6
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 7
Gender:Men 20
Gender:Women 6
Continent:Europe 5

2018

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 9
Gender:Men 18
Gender:Women 4
Continent:Europe 6
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 8
Gender:Men 12
Gender:Women 2
Continent:Europe 7

2017

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 13
Gender:Men 19
Gender:Women 10
Continent:Europe 7
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 15
Gender:Men 18
Gender:Women 7
Continent:Europe 13

2016

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 12
Gender:Men 17
Gender:Women 6
Continent:Europe 6
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 9
Gender:Men 21
Gender:Women 4
Continent:Europe 7

2015

Global Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 13
Gender:Men 25
Gender:Women 9
Continent:Europe 6
Per Capita Cup Positions
Category Position
Overall 14
Gender:Men 26
Gender:Women 8
Continent:Europe 10
Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) celebrates winning the 2018 UCI Women’s Road Cycling World Championships

The Year’s Best - Netherlands top Cycling nation in 2018

Another exciting sporting year is drawing to a close, and it is time for us to reveal the final rankings in GSN’s unique sport groups,

Jeff Hoogland (Netherlands), winner of the 1000 m ind. time trial

Netherlands Wins 2018 Track Cycling World Championships

The Netherlands took full advantage of their home track and won the Track Cycling World Championships 201...