Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Van Dijk akakunda danho rokutanga muRwendo rweChongming Island uye akapedza wechipiri mumatanho ose. Pamakwikwi emunyika ekudzidzira nguva, akave kekutanga mukwikwidzi weDutch muchikamu chevakuru. Mumakwikwi eEurope (pasi pemakore makumi maviri nematatu)
akapedza ari wechishanu. Nokuda kwezvaakaita zvakanaka mumakwikwi ekudzidzira nguva akasarudzwa kuti amiririre Netherlands mumakwikwi ekudzidzira nguva paWorld Road Championships muStuttgart kwaakapedza 17th. Nemhaka yezvibereko zvake zvakanaka akazova mutambi wechikadzi wegore reWoerden. Sezvo Van Dijk aiva nenguva yakawanda yokuzorora munguva yechando pashure pokurega kumhanya-mhanya, akakokwa kuti apinde muNetherlands national track cycling team. Pamakwikwi emunyika enzira akave mukwikwidzi weDutch mukutsvaga mumwe nemumwe, pamberi paMarianne Vos naKirsten Wild, uye akapedza wechina mujaho wekutsvaira uye mujaho wemapoinzi.