Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata a Bloemen ki te takahi i te tau rangatahi i tōna kāinga o Gouda. I uru ia ki te 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships i Erfurt, i reira ia i haere mai i te 5th. I te tau 2007/2008 i uru tuatahi ia ki te Ipu o te Ao Tere Tere i nga tawhiti roa, i wikitoria i te whai i te roopu me te roopu Dutch. I eke ano ia ki te waahi 4 i te Dutch Allround Championships o taua waa me te 8 o nga waahi i te 2008 European Speed Skating Championships. Ko te wa 2009/2010 te mea pai ki a ia tae noa ki taua wa, i te tuarua i te Dutch Allround me te 4th i te World Allround Championships. Whai muri i te wa angitu i muri mai, ka reti ia hei kaitakaro reti ngaio, engari i uru tonu ia ki nga whakataetae hei kaitakaro mahi mai i Friesland. He mea whakamiharo, i tohu ia mo te 2012 European (9th place) me te World Championships
(Tūnga 14) ā, i riro i a ia te National Championships. Ahakoa i awhinahia e te korenga o Jan Blokhuijsen me Sven Kramer, koinei te wa tuatahi i wikitoria ai tetahi amateur i tenei Dutch National Championships mai i te whakaurunga o te reti reti ngaio. I uru atu ia ki te kapa taraiwa BAM (ngaio) i te tau e whai ake nei, engari ko nga hua pouri (15th i nga Whakataetae Pakeha) kaore i roa tana kirimana.