Van der Breggen and Ligtlee given royal honours
Olympic gold medallists Anna van der Breggen and Elis Ligtlee, have been made Knights in the Order of Orange Nassau in the Netherlands in honour of their success at the Rio Olympic Games. Van der Breggen, Ligtlee attended a ceremony at The Hague on Wednesday where they were presented with their honours by Sports Minister Edith Schippers.
Van der Breggen became the second consecutive Dutch rider to win the women’s road race at the Olympic Games, following in the footsteps of teammate Marianne Vos. She bested Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghini in a three-up sprint, after her teammate Annemiek van Vleuten crashed on a descent while in the race lead. Ligtlee claimed the Netherland’s first gold on the track since the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing when Vos took victory in the points race. Ligtlee’s success came in the keirin, after she surprised some of the favourites with a sprint from the rear of the group.
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Later this week, the pair will visit Dutch King Willem-Alexander along with the rest of the Dutch medallists including time trial silver medallist Tom Dumoulin, men’s keirin runner up Mattijs Buchli and BMX silver medallist Jelle van Gorkom. Dumoulin had been favourite for the gold in the men’s time trial ahead of the Olympics but broke his wrist in the final week of the Tour de France. Despite his injury, he made it to Rio and finished second to Fabian Cancellara.
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