 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panzira, Van Dijk akatevera vamwe vakwikwidzi nokutasva negiredhi rinorema. Kuchinja kwacho kwakaratidzika kuva kwakabereka zvibereko apo, muna February paTrack Cycling World Cup muCopenhagen, akakunda kukunda kwake kwokutanga kweWorld Cup mumakwikwi omunhu oga uye mumakwikwi emapoinzi uye akawana menduru yesirivha mukutsvaka kwechikwata. Mwedzi mumwe gare gare pa Track Cycling World ChampionshipsmuPruszków, Poland, akakundikana kurarama zvinoenderana nemubhadharo wake semukwikwidzi wenyika uye kuita kwake kwakanga kusiri kwakanaka seizvo zvaive muCopenhagen muna Kukadzi uye muManchester gore rakapfuura. Zvechokwadi, Van Dijk haana kusvika pachigaro chokupembera mumutambo upi noupi. Pasinei nokuita kwake kusingafadzi muPruszków, Van Dijk akasvikwa, uye nokukurumidza akabvuma kubatana, nyanzvi yemugwagwa yebhasikoro. Kunyange zvazvo zita rechikwata rakachinja pane dzimwe nguva kubvira ipapo, Van Dijk akatasva chikwata ichi kusvika muna 2013. Mwaka wemugwagwa hauna kutanga zvakanaka sezvo Van Dijk akatambura nekudengenyeka kwepfungwa mutsaona panguva yeRonde van Gelderland muna Kubvumbi uye aisakwanisa kuchovha kwemavhiki angangoita matanhatu. Anenge pakarepo mushure mekunge apora kubva mukukuvara kwake, akabudirira kudzivirira zita rake reEuropean nguva yekukwikwidza paEuropean Road Championships muna Chikunguru. Pashure pokutasva mujaho wenguva paRoad World Championships, Van Dijk akazorora kuti agadzirire Track Cycling World Cups. Akasiiwa pamakwikwi eNational track, ayo akaitwa masvondo maviri pashure peWorld Championships. 