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Adrie Visser (born October 19, 1983 in Hoorn) is a Dutch track and road racer who lives in Wieringerwerf.

Before she became a cyclist Adrie Visser was a ice skater. With the B- juniors she became second on Dutch Championship and two years later she become fifth at the category C-junior.

Visser started her professional cycling career in 2001 when she finished in second position at the Dutch road race Championships. She became fifth during the same event in time trial. In track cycling she won her first national titles, becoming Dutch Champion on the 500 m time trial and sprint. In addition to that she also won a silver medal at the points race. At the World Championships in Trexlertown she was 7th at the 500 m time trial and reached two 8th places in sprint and individual pursuit.

She won a bronze medal at the World Track Championships 2003 in Stuttgart. In the same year she won the Dutch Track Championships in points race, scratch and individual pursuit for the first time. In May 2004 she won her first World Cup meeting in Sydney, where she won the scratch before finishing 10th at the World Championships in Melbourne the week after.

Her first achievement in road cycling was the blue jersey for sprints she won in the Eumakumeen Bira in June 2004. Only a month later she won her first road race in Alblasserdam. Back on the track later that year she won another three Dutch national titles (points race, individual pursuit and scratch). At the World Championships in Manchester 2005, she finished just outside the medals in 4th position on the scratch event. She was 5th in the points race and 7th in the individual pursuit. In June she continued winning in road cycling as well as she won the Omloop Middag-Humsterland, Profronde van Stiphout and a race in Dalen. These results brought her into the Dutch national team for the World Road Championships for the very first time, finishing 84th in Madrid. She won her second World Cup event in track cycling during the meeting in Manchester where she won the scratch again before successfully defending her three national Dutch titles.

2006 started perfect for Visser when already in January she won the Egmond-Pier-Egmond race. In March she won the road race in Oud Vossemeer. She finished in the top 10 at the Dutch national road Championships in both the road race and the time trial (7th and 9th). In the international road race Tour de L'aude she became two times second. Between July 15 and August 1 she won four road races (Ochten), Barendrecht, Alblasserdam and Surhuizerveen). Dutch national coach selected her for the World Championships in Salzburg, where she finished 29th.

After three years AA Cycling Team, where she belongs to the key together with Suzanne de Goede, Angela Brodtka and Theresa Senff which is coached by Leontien van Moorsel she decide to ride for a new team, DSB Woman Cycling.

   
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