Janneke Ensing (born 21 September 1986) is a Dutch former sportsperson, who competed in speed skating in the 2000s before becoming a cyclist, competing for seven different teams between 2009 and 2021.

Career

Speed skating

In 2002, she was the Dutch national C-junior champion. Two years later she won a bronze medal as a B-junior. At the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships Ensing finished 10th over 1500 metres. She also represented her country at the 2007 Winter Universiade held in Turin where she won the gold medal at the team pursuit together with Moniek Kleinsman and Diane Valkenburg. In 2010, Ensing finished fifth in the KNSB Dutch Allround Championships.

Cycling

Ensing started riding a bicycle in the summer as a means of cross-training before starting to compete in cycle racing. She initially continued speed skating alongside bike racing in order to earn money. During her career, Ensing focused on cycling to a greater extent, resulting in two runner up places at Gent–Wevelgem (2014 and 2015) as well as second in the 2016 Dutch National Road Race Championships and second in the 2017 Santos Women's Tour. She retired from cycling after the delayed 2021 edition of the Ronde van Drenthe, which passed through her hometown of Gieten.

Major results

2007

5th Ronde Rondom de Bult van Usquert

5th Lus van Roden

6th Ronde van Heerenveen

8th Profronde van Surhuisterveen

9th Ronde van Noordhorn

2008

3rd Uithuizen Criterium

6th Ronde van Noordhorn

7th Road race, Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships

8th Profronde van Surhuisterveen

8th Enschede

2009

1st Road race, Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships

2nd Gouden Pijl

3rd Profronde van Surhuisterveen

2010

1st Road race, Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships

1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen

2nd Ronde van Enter

2nd Ronde van Appelscha

2nd Gouden Pijl

3rd Lus van Roden

3rd Wielerronde van Obdam

2011

Noord-Nederland Regional Road Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race

1st Ronde van Rijssen

1st Gouden Pijl

2nd Nacht van Hengelo

2nd Ronde van Noordhorn

2nd Wielerronde van Obdam

2nd Dwars door de Westhoek

3rd Ronde van Epe

3rd Profronde van Surhuisterveen

3rd Ridderronde Maastricht

3rd Ronde van Appelscha

2012

1st Ronde van Noordhorn

9th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships (with Martine Bras, Nina Kessler, Pauliena Rooijakkers, Winanda Spoor & Emma Trott)

2013

3rd Ronde van Haren

3rd Ronde Rondom de Bult van Usquert

2014

2nd Gent–Wevelgem

6th Novilon EDR Cup

2015

2nd Gent–Wevelgem

4th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage

5th Omloop van het Hageland

6th Marianne Vos Classic

8th Trofee Maarten Wynants

2016

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

5th Overall La Route de France 1st Mountains classification

2017

1st Mountains classification Ladies Tour of Norway

2nd Overall Santos Women's Tour 1st Mountains classification

4th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini 1st Stage 1

6th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour

8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour 1st Stage 6

8th Dwars door Vlaanderen

8th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

9th Le Samyn des Dames

9th Tour of Flanders for Women

2018

1st Le Samyn des Dames

6th Strade Bianche

6th La Classique Morbihan

10th Overall Women's Tour de Yorkshire

2019

2nd Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa

4th Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa

5th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana

8th Strade Bianche

External links

  • at UCI
  • at Cycling Archives
  • at ProCyclingStats
  • at Cycling Quotient
  • at SpeedSkatingNews.info
  • at SpeedSkatingStats.com
  • at InterSportStats