Sarah Van Dam

Sarah Van Dam
Van Dam in 2024
Personal information
Born (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
DisciplineTrack, Road
Professional teams
2023–2024DNA Pro Cycling
2025Ceratizit Pro Cycling
2026-Visma–Lease a Bike
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Canada
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 LimaElimination race
Gold medal – first place2022 LimaTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2022 LimaOmnium
Gold medal – first place2022 LimaMadison
Bronze medal – third place2022 LimaScratch
Bronze medal – third place2022 LimaPoints race

Sarah Van Dam (born 4 December 2001) is a Canadian track and road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeamVisma–Lease a Bike.[1][2]

Early life

Van Dam began cycle racing in 2013 and attended Tripleshot Youth Cycling Club. She attended Oak Bay High School and the Canadian Sport School Victoria. She won seven national junior titles at the 2018 Canadian Junior Track Championships held in Milton, Ontario. She also made the podium at the Canadian junior road championships. In 2019, aged 17 years-old, she joined Trek Red Truck Racing.[3][4]

Career

Van Dam won four gold medals at the 2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Lima, Peru in 2022, winning gold in the Madison, omnium, team pursuit and elimination race.[5] She represented Canada at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October 2022, at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.[6] In November 2022, at the same track in France she was involved in a crash involving Lea Lin Teutenberg and Rachele Barbieri which left her having to pull a sizeable wooden splinter from her arm.[7] In July 2024, Van Dam qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in track cycling.[8][9][10][11]

In 2025, Van Dam finished third at Itzulia Women, after finishing in the top five on all three stages.[12]

Major results

2026
5th Tour Down Under
6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

References

  1. ^"Sarah Van Dam". Worldcyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^"Sarah Van Dam". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^"CANADIAN SPORT SCHOOL VICTORIA CYCLISTS BRING HOME AMAZING 18 MEDALS FROM 2018 CANADIAN JUNIOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". csipacific.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^Evans, Oliver (15 February 2019). "Oli Asks: Sarah Van Dam mixes World Cups with midterms". Cyclingmagazine.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ^"Sarah Van Dam reachesSarah three golds in Lima, Canada reigns and reigns". copaci.org. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^"VAN DAM SARAH". ucitrackchampionslesgue. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^"SARAH VAN DAM SHOWS OFF HUGE SPLINTER SHE PULLED FROM ARM AFTER CRASH AT UCI TRACK CHAMPIONS LEAGUE". Eurosport. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. ^Hansen, Matt (25 June 2024). "Team Canada for Paris 2024 announced". www.cyclingmagazine.ca. Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  9. ^Moore, Sarah (25 June 2024). "Canada Announces Olympic Team for Paris 2024". www.pinkbike.com. Pinkbike.com. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  10. ^Fenton, Caela (25 June 2024). "Team Canada cyclists ready to ride to glory at Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  11. ^Dheensaw, Cleve (25 June 2024). "Island cyclists Attwell, Van Dam named to Canadian team for Paris Olympics". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  12. ^Knöfler, Lukas (18 May 2025). "Canadian Sarah Van Dam 'speechless' about her first WorldTour podium at Itzulia Women". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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