Milan Vader (born 18 February 1996) is a Dutch cross-country

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and

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, who currently rides for

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Career

Vader originally competed in cross-country

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, where he was a two time elite national champion and a bronze medalist at the 2019 European Championships. In 2020, he finished second overall at the Olympic Cross-country World Cup, before going on to place 10th in the cross-country race at the

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. In 2022, Vader joined to focus on road racing. On stage five of the 2022 Tour of the Basque Country, he suffered a terrible crash, having run into a guardrail during a descent, causing him to fall down a steep dropoff. He fractured his spine in 1 places, eight ribs as well as his shoulder, collarbone, eye socket, and cheekbone in addition to rupturing his

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and perforating his lung. He was placed into an induced coma for 12 days. After five months, Vader returned to racing in September at the CRO Race. Despite this setback, Vader returned to form, finishing third overall in the

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in September 2023. A month later, he won the fourth stage of the

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, his first professional road win, also taking the race lead in the process. He held onto the overall lead for the remainder of the race, winning the race by a margin of six seconds to Rémy Rochas.

Major results

Mountain bike

;2013 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Cross-country, National Junior Championships ;2014 : 2nd Cross-country, National Junior Championships : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships : UCI Junior XCO World Cup ::3rd Nové Město : 4th Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships ;2015 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships ;2016 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships ;2017 : 5th Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships ;2019 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Cross-country,

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: 3rd

Cross-country, UEC European Championships ;2020 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Cross-country,

: French Cup ::1st

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: 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup ::2nd Nové Město II ::3rd Nové Město I : Copa Catalana Internacional ::2nd

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;2021 : UCI XCC World Cup ::3rd

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: Internazionali d’Italia Series ::3rd

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Road

;2023 (2 pro wins) : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 3rd Overall

::1st Mountains classification

References

External links

* * 1996 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch mountain bikers Cross-country mountain bikers People from Middelburg, Zeeland Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Zeeland Cyclists at the 2023 European Games European Games competitors for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1990s-stub