2008 Vrienden van het Platteland season

At the begin of the year Willy Kanis, Yvonne Hijgenaar and Ellen van Dijk were active on the track.

At the 3rd round of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles Kanis and Hijgenaar won the team sprint.

Ellen van Dijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar finished in the team pursuit together with Marlijn Binnendijk second in a new Dutch national record.

Van Dijk could, via the UCI World Ranking system, potentially earn qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games.

[3] The day after she took revenge by winning her first major senior title, the scratch race at the 2008 World Cycling Championships.

At the Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden in mid June, Ellen van Dijk finished second in the time trial of stage 1.

Ellen van Dijk could not defend successfully her Dutch national time trial title and finished fourth.

Willy Kanis and Yvonne Hijgenaar participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics on the track in the women's sprint.

Several riders from the team were selected by their national federation to participate at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships to represent the country.

Nikki Egyed (15th) and Liesbet De Vocht (58th) in the road race At the end of November Willy Kanis won on the track at the second round of the 2008–09 Track Cycling World Cup in Melbourne the 500m time trial and sprint and together with Yvonne Hijgenaar also the team sprint.

At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships the Dutch team including Van Dijk broke the record again in the qualifying round.