During a gravel ride with Jasper Ockeloen, Thijs Zonneveld and Niki Terpstra, with whom I was preparing for Unbound Gravel, I was hit during training. I crashed into a […]
FIRST NON-AMERICAN UNBOUND WINNER 2022
So proud to be the first non-american winner in the fastest time ever of the Unbound till 2024! I felt strong on the Wilier Triestina Rave machine and it was great to finish it off in a sprint with 4 fellow riders. “I am so happy. It was my big goal and I succeeded in my first year as a professional gravel rider after winning The Traka. It was super cool to finish it off in a sprint of five.”
Read all about the race on Velonews.com
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THROWBACK TO 2022-2024
Over the past years, after my victory in Unbound, I have achieved several great results in the international gravel and beach competitions in Europe and the United States. For Wilier, my races were covered by their content team. This resulted in fantastic atmospheric impressions, such as at the Rift Gravel Race in Iceland.
Unfortunately I was unable to participate in the Unbound 2024 and the upcoming races due to an accident during one of the training rides in the USA. Read all about what happened and the recovery process in this Cyclingnews interview
Check the photo impression by Ourea Productions.
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WINNER THE TRAKA 2022
Impression of the first gravel race of 2022, The Traka in Girona. Great race which I finished off in a sprint with 6 fellow riders.
Check the photo impression by Ourea Productions.
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Gravelracing
Wilier Factory racer 2022
-2025

Beachracing
Passionate beachracer. European champion 2019, Dutch champion 2020

Roadracing
10 years of racing for continental and professional teams.
Wilier Factory Racer 2022-2025
Cycling is my passion from the moment I first jumped on the bike when I was eight years old. After riding for ten years on continental- and pro continental level I am now a Wilier Factory Racer.
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PROGRAMME
Season 2025
2/2/25 – Beachrace Rockanje – Netherlands
2/9/25 – Beachrace Petten – Netherlands
10-20 Feb – Trainingscamp Girona – Spain
15-16/02/2025 – Santa Vall – Gravel Earth Series – Spain, Girona
3/2/25 – Road Race Exloo – National road classic – Netherlands
3/7/25 – 5 van Schoorl (MTB Marathon) – MTB marathon national – Netherlands
3/8/25 – MTB Marathon Apeldoorn – MTB marathon national – Netherlands
3/23/25 – Turnhout Gravel – UCI Gravel Serie – Belgium
3/23/25 – Catalunya Gravel champs – La Bescanonina – Spain, Girona
3/29/25 – The Hills – Gravel Earth Series – Italy
4/6/25 – Wörthersee Gravel – UCI Gravel Serie – Austria
4/20/25 – Monaco Gravel Race – UCI Gravel Serie – Monaco
5/2/25 – TRAKA GRAVEL – Gravel Earth Series – Spain, Girona
5/11/25 – Marly Grav Limburg – UCI Gravel Serie – Netherlands
5/17/25 – Himlanden – UCI, road – Sweden
5/17/25 – The Gralloch – UCI Gravel Serie – Scotland
5/24/25 – Gravel Locos – No serie – USA
5/31/25 – UNBOUND 200 – Lifetime GrandPrix – USA
6/14/25 – Safari Gravel Race – UCI Gravel Serie – Kenya
17-20/6/2025 – Migration Gravel Race – Gravel Earth Series – Kenya
6/21/25 – Gravel Suisse – UCI Gravel Serie – Villars
6/28/25 – Octopus Gravel – Gravel Earth Series – Suisse
7/6/25 – Hegau Gravel Festival – UCI Gravel Serie – Germany
7/12/25 – Alpine Gravel Challenge – Gravel Earth Series – Suisse
7/12/25 – GravelOneFifty – UCI Gravel Serie – Netherlands
7/19/25 – The Rift Gravel – Gravel Earth Series – Iceland
8/16/25 – Gravel Grit ‘n Grind – UCI Gravel Serie – Sweden
8/23/25 – Monsterrando – UCI Gravel Serie – Italy
9/5/25 – Failing Leaves Lahti – Gravel Earth Series – Finland
9/7/25 – Veldslag om Norg – MTB marathon national – Netherlands
9/22/25 – Sea Otter Europe Girona – Gravel Earth Series – Spain
9/28/25 – Ranxo Gravel – Gravel Earth Series – Spain
10/13/25 – NC MTB Marathon – MTB marathon national – Netherlands
10/18/25 – UCI WC Gravel – World Championship – Location: to be announced
10/26/25 – Gravelista – UCI Gravel Serie – Australia
26/10 – 1/11 – Gravel Burn – Gravel Cape Epic – South-Africa













European championship beachracing 2019
Gravel race wins 2022
UCI pro wins
Total Strava km
The Rift Iceland
It was an amazing adventure to join The Rift Iceland for the first time. The Rift is a 200 km (125 miles) off-road bike race through the dark lava […]
Gravel One Fifty
Fast and flat race in the north of The Netherlands. We did a long chase on the two early attackers but we never managed to bridge the gap in […]
Octopus Gravel 2023
Great to participate in the Octopus Gravel event near Andermatt, Switzerland. Started in the fog and ended in the sun. Suffering and enjoying views at the same time. Collected […]
Podcast The Adventure Stach
Shortly before the Unbound, Jasper Ockeloen and I became main guests in The Adventure Stach, the podcast of the American professional gravel racer Payson McElveen. We talked about the […]
Unbound 2023
Unforrtunately I had to face a broken rear derailleur cable after 20 km in Unbound this year. We dived into a sticky mud bath where everybody had to run […]
USA gravel races
The gravel races for qualifying for the World Cup in Veneto and in preparation for Unbound on June 3 have started. After a satisfying fifth place at Traka 2023 […]
Second place at NK Strandrace
At the Dutch National Championships beach race, Ivar showed that the form is back with a good second place. He hadn’t counted himself among the absolute favourites, but he […]
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