Career
Van der Zijde competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for the Netherlands. He teamed with driver Edwin van Calker in the two-man event, finishing 19th, and with van Calker, Sybren Jansma and Arno Klaassen in the four-man event, finishing 11th. Van der Zijde made his World Cup debut in November 2012.
As of April 2014, his best World Cup finish is 7th, in a four-man event in 2013-2014 at Konigssee.
He joined the Swiss national bobsleigh team as a brakeman for Rico Peter ahead of the 2014-2015 season.