Julia Soek

Julia Soek (born 12 December 1990) is a Dutch former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team DSM.^[5] She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence.^[6] In September 2021 Soek announced that she would retire from competition at the end of the season. The following month it emerged that she would join Drops–Le Col as a directeur sportif for 2022.^[1] In the same year she followed a directeur sportif course at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland. In 2023 she joined the new Dutch UCI Continental team TDT–Unibet Cycling Team as directeur sportif, and took over the role of head sports director the following year.^[7]

Julia Soek

Soek at the 2018 Women's Tour de Yorkshire
Personal information
Full name	Julia Soek
Born	(1990-12-12) 12 December 1990 (age 34) Groningen, Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Unibet Tietema Rockets
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider Directeur sportif
Rider type	Lead out Road captain[1]
Amateur teams
2010–2011	Batavus Ladies Cycling Team[2]
2012	Specialized DPD SRAM Cycling Team[2]
Professional teams
2013	Sengers Ladies Cycling Team[2]
2014–2021	Giant–Shimano[3][4]
Managerial teams
2022	Le Col–Wahoo
2023–	TDT–Unibet Cycling Team

Major results

2015

1st Sprints classification Energiewacht Tour

2016

8th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour

2017

1st Erondegemse Pijl

2018

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro Rosa

See also

• 2014 Team Giant-Shimano season