CREATE TABLE table_204_554 (id NUMBER, "rank" NUMBER, "name" CLOB, "nation" CLOB, "time" CLOB, "speed" NUMBER, "note" CLOB)

who finished before ellen van dijk ?
SELECT "name" FROM table_204_554 WHERE "rank" < (SELECT "rank" FROM table_204_554 WHERE "name" = 'ellen van dijk') ORDER BY "rank" DESC LIMIT 1
SELECT "name" FROM "table_204_554" WHERE "rank" < (SELECT "rank" FROM "table_204_554" WHERE "name" = 'ellen van dijk') ORDER BY "rank" DESC FETCH FIRST 1 ROWS ONLY