Who is Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado?
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, born on the 6th of August 1998 in the Dominican Republic, is a Dutch cyclocross racer for the Fenix-Deceuninck team and one of the most prominent of the 2020's. She is one of the most successful female riders in the discipline's history, having in her palmarès titles in the World Championships; European Championships, Dutch national Championships and all three cups at Elite level.
Name: Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado
Born: 6th Aufust 1998
Place of birth: Cabrera, Dominican Republic (*Dutch nationality)
Turned pro: 2019-2020
Height: 1.63m
Born: 6th Aufust 1998
Place of birth: Cabrera, Dominican Republic (*Dutch nationality)
Turned pro: 2019-2020
Height: 1.63m
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado leading the 2023-2024 World Cup. @Imago
She is married with former pro rider Roy Jans. On the road she turned pro in 2020 and currently races for the Women's World Tour team Fenix-Deceuninck. She has experience in several high-level races but it is in cyclocross that she performs at her best.
Alvarado turned under-23 in the 2016-2017 season and was already a talented rider at this time, showing her potential not through victories but through a few strong results including a fourth place in the under-23 national championships behind only riders who are currently well consolidated professional riders. In 2017-2018 she was vice-World Champion in the under-23's only behind Evie Richards, whilst having many strong results throughout the winter.
In 2018-2019 she only raced in the under-23's at the World, European and National Championships - but she won the last two whilst finishing third in the worlds in Denmark. This was the season of her consolidation as a top rider and talent in the discipline.
In 2019-2020 she still raced in this category, at first winning the European Championships, but afterwards turned fully Elite and immediately won big. Big may be underselling it in fact. Alvarado won her first World Cup race two weeks later in Koksijde; won the Dutch national championships ahead of Annemarie Worst; and then beat Worst and Lucinda Brand once again at the Dübendorf World Championships. She became World Champion at age 22 whilst also winning the Superprestige and DVV Trofee (now X2O Badkamers Trofee) cups.
In 2020-2021 she was the woman to beat at the highest level. In this season however she was, finishing on the podium but missing out on the victory in all cups, but nevertheless winning the European Championshops in s'Hertogenbosch and the World Cup race in Overijse - among several other smaller-level races. The season was largely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but it was a stronger Lucinda Brand that left her mark in the season.
In 2021-2022 Alvarado would have a very difficult season, failing to take a single victory whilst her results in the cups were far from what she had delivered in the past. 2022-2023 was a year of bouncing back as the Dutch rider won the Superprestige cup and got back to her winning ways taking all her five triumphs in races of this competition. In 2023-2024 she would renew this title in the Belgian cup, but most importantly won for the first time the World Cup, the final big achievement that was missing from her palmarès.
Dealing with a new generation of extremely talented compatriots such as Fem van Empel and Puck Pieterse, winning became a tougher task, but she won several races in the first half of the year which secured her the lead. She won World Cup races in Dendermonde, Troyes and Namur.
She began the 2024-2025 season with several wins early on in the year, winning 6 out of her first 10 races. The Dutchwoman won the Namur and Zonhoven World Cups, however didn't manage to keep her pace towards the end of her season, taking her last win in late December and not managing to win any of the cups - finishing second in the Superprestige.
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