# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michiel-elijzen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:08:54.279Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michiel-elijzen"
name: "Michiel Elijzen"
slug: "michiel-elijzen"
description: "Michiel Elijzen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who retired from competition after the 2010 season to become a sporting director for Omega Pharma–Lotto, the team for which he last rode competitively. He now works as a directeur sportif for the Sunweb Group B.V. teams: UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic–PostNL, UCI Women's WorldTeam Team Picnic–PostNL, and UCI Continental team Development Team Picnic–PostNL."
tagline: "Road racing cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michiel_Elijzen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1982-08-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.411448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميكيل اليچزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%86"
    title: "میخیل الایزن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_Elijzen"
    title: "Michiel Elijzen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1931263"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump