Denise Betsema

In October 2018 Betsema joined the professional cyclo-cross team {{UCI team code|PSB|2018}}. In the season 2018–2019 she won the crosses at Poprad, Neerpelt, Aigle, Hittnau, Lutterbach, Wachtebeke, Koksijde, Eschenbach, Antwerpen, Otegem, Maldegem, Middelkerke, Hulst, Leuven and Oostmalle. She also won the bronze medal at the European championships.

On 5 April 2019, it was announced that she had tested positive for the use of steroids in a drug test on 27 January 2019 during the World Cup in Hoogerheide. Betsema denies the facts but she was temporarily suspended by her team awaiting the outcome of the counter-expertise.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20190405_04303904 |title=Bom in het veldrijden! Nederlandse revelatie Denise Betsema testte positief op anabole steroïden: "Ik ben onschuldig" |access-date=5 April 2019 |archive-date=5 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405211036/https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20190405_04303904 |url-status=live }} On 16 May, it was announced her B sample was also positive for steroids.{{cite web |title=Ook B-staal Betsema is positief, veldrijdster blijft op non-actief |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2019/05/16/b-staal-betsema-positief/ |website=Sporza wielrennen |accessdate=16 May 2019 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807103024/https://sporza.be/nl/2019/05/16/b-staal-betsema-positief/ |url-status=live }}

On 20 January 2020, the UCI announced that besides in Hoogerheide, she had also failed a doping test in Middelkerke.{{Cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/press-release/The-UCI-statement-on-denise-betsema |title=UCI statement on Denise Betsema |access-date=21 January 2020 |archive-date=7 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007120736/https://www.uci.org/press-release/The-UCI-statement-on-denise-betsema |url-status=live }} The UCI proposed the rider a retroactive sanction of six months suspension, starting from 5 April 2019, which was the day her team voluntary put her on non-active status. Betsema also forfeits all results from Hoogerheide on, which meant the loss of her 2019 victories in Maldegem, Middelkerke, Hulst, Leuven, and Oostmalle. Betsema accepted the sanction proposed by the UCI but she and her legal counsels are still of the opinion she was the victim of a tainted food supplement.[https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/21/kijk-om-14u-naar-de-persconferentie-van-denise-betsema/ Betsema: "Toegelaten voedingssupplement was vervuild"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121185653/https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/21/kijk-om-14u-naar-de-persconferentie-van-denise-betsema/ |date=21 January 2020 }} {{in lang|nl}}[https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/20/uci-over-betsema/ UCI zet het licht op groen voor terugkeer van betrapte Betsema] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216141027/https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/20/uci-over-betsema/ |date=16 February 2020 }} {{in lang|nl}}

Betsema has two children and lives in Texel.{{Cite web |url=https://wielerverhaal.com/2017/10/03/deze-24-jarige-kanjer-uit-texel-combineert-het-moederschap-met-topsport/ |title=Deze 24-jarige kanjer van Texel combineert het moederschap met topsport |access-date=25 November 2018 |archive-date=25 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204207/https://wielerverhaal.com/2017/10/03/deze-24-jarige-kanjer-uit-texel-combineert-het-moederschap-met-topsport/ |url-status=live }}

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;2018–2019

: UCI World Cup

::1st Koksijde

::2nd Pont-Château

: DVV Trophy

::1st Antwerpen

::3rd Loenhout

: 1st Overall EKZ CrossTour

::1st Aigle

::1st Hittnau

::1st Eschenbach

::3rd Baden

::3rd Meilen

: 1st Otegem

: 1st Neerpelt

: 1st Wachtebeke

: 1st Solidarite

: 1st Poprad

: 2nd Hasselt

: 3rd Overall Superprestige

::2nd Zonhoven

::3rd Diegem

: 3rd 15px UEC European Championships

: Toi Toi Cup

::3rd Unicov

;2019–2020

: Rectavit Series

::1st Leuven

::1st Waregem

: Superprestige

::2nd Middelkerke

: 2nd Zonnebeke

: 2nd Oostmalle

: Ethias Cross

::3rd Maldegem

::3rd Hulst

;2020–2021

: 1st Oostmalle

: 1st Sint-Niklaas

: 2nd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy

::1st Antwerpen

::2nd Kortrijk

::2nd Hamme

::2nd Brussels

::3rd Herentals

::3rd Baal

::3rd Lille

: 3rd Overall UCI World Cup

::1st Hulst

::3rd Tábor

::3rd Namur

: 3rd Overall Superprestige

::1st Middelkerke

::2nd Gavere

::2nd Merksplas

::3rd Boom

::3rd Niel

: Ethias Cross

::1st Beringen

::1st Eeklo

::1st Sint-Niklaas

::2nd Leuven

::3rd Kruibeke

: EKZ CrossTour

::1st Bern

: 3rd 15px UCI World Championships

;2021–2022

: 2nd Overall UCI World Cup

::1st Zonhoven

::2nd Fayetteville

::2nd Iowa City

::2nd Koksijde

::2nd Namur

::3rd Waterloo

::3rd Besançon

::3rd Rucphen

::3rd Dendermonde

: 2nd Overall Superprestige

::1st Ruddervoorde

::2nd Gieten

::3rd Niel

::3rd Merksplas

::3rd Boom

::3rd Gavere

: 2nd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy

::1st Brussels

::2nd Koppenberg

::2nd Loenhout

::2nd Herentals

::3rd Kortrijk

::3rd Baal

::3rd Hamme

: 2nd Oostmalle

: Ethias Cross

::1st Lokeren

::3rd Beringen

;2022–2023

: 3rd Overall Superprestige

::1st Ruddervoorde

::2nd Niel

::2nd Merksplas

::2nd Boom

::3rd Gullegem

: Exact Cross

::1st Zonnebeke

::3rd Kruibeke

::3rd Beringen

::3rd Meulebeke

: X²O Badkamers Trophy

::2nd Koppenberg

::3rd Kortrijk

: UCI World Cup

::3rd Dublin

::4th Maasmechelen

: 3rd Maldegem

: 3rd Oostmalle

: 3rd Otegem

;2023–2024

: X²O Badkamers Trophy

::2nd Koppenberg

: 3rd Oisterwijk

: UCI World Cup

::4th Flamanville

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