Career
Daphny van den Brand started her cycling at eight. Van den Brand joined the Dutch junior team Dutch mountain bike manager Leo van Zeeland asked her in 1994 to race on a mountain bike.
Van den Brand took part in a race in Bergschenhoek and finished in fifth position.
She rode the European and world junior mountain biking championships and finished seventh in both. Van den Brand then concentrated on mountain biking and cyclo-cross.