Annemiek van Vleuten

Annemiek van Vleuten (born 8 October 1982) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.[3][4]

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Vleuten, not Vleuten.
Annemiek van Vleuten
Van Vleuten at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full nameAnnemiek van Vleuten
Nickname
  • Vleuty
  • Peluchen
  • Miek
Born (1982-10-08) 8 October 1982
Vleuten, Netherlands
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2007Therme Skin Care
2008Vrienden van het Platteland
Professional teams
2009–2014DSB Bank–Nederland bloeit
2015Bigla Pro Cycling Team
2016–2020Orica–AIS[1][2]
2021–Movistar Team
Major wins
Stage races
Giro Rosa (2018, 2019)
10 individual stages
La Route de France (2010)
La Course by Le Tour de France (2017, 2018)
Lotto-Decca Tour (2014, 2016)
Holland Ladies Tour (2017,2018)
Ladies Tour of Norway (2021)
Challenge by La Vuelta (2021)

One day races

Olympic time trial (2021)
World Road Race Championships (2019)
World Time Trial Championships (2017, 2018)
European Road Championships (2020)
National Road Race Championships (2012)
National Time Trial Championships
(2014, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Tour of Flanders (2011, 2021)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2019, 2022)
Open de Suède Vargarda (2011)
GP de Plouay (2011)
Ronde van Drenthe (2010)
GP Stad Roeselare (2012)
7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg (2012)
Omloop der Kempen (2013)
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (2017)
Strade Bianche (2019, 2020)

Other

UCI Women's Road World Cup (2011)
UCI Women's World Tour (2018, 2021)
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo Time trial
2020 Tokyo Road race
World Championships
2017 BergenTime trial
2018 InnsbruckTime trial
2019 HarrogateRoad Race
2013 FlorenceTeam time trial
2020 ImolaRoad race
2021 FlandersMixed team relay
2019 HarrogateTime trial
2021 FlandersTime trial
European Championships
2020 Plouay Road race
European Games
2015 BakuTime trial
World University Cycling Championship
2008 NijmegenTime trial
2008 NijmegenRoad race
Women's track cycling
World Championships
2018 ApeldoornIndividual pursuit

In 2011, she won the UCI Women's Road World Cup and in 2018 she was the UCI Women's World Tour winner. She is the 2017 and 2018 winner of the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. In 2018 she won both the points and the overall ranking in the Giro Rosa, considered the most prestigious stage race of the women's road cycling calendar.[5] Only two days later she took the crown at the fifth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a high-profile women's cycling race held in France, on 17 July 2018, prolonging her 2017 title.[6] In 2019, she became the UCI Road Race World Champion. In 2021, at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics she won the gold medal in the time trial and silver in the road race.[7]

Early life

Before starting a career in cycling, Van Vleuten studied at the University of Wageningen and graduated with a masters degree in epidemiology in 2007. She took up cycling after a knee injury forced her to stop playing football.[8]

Career
Van Vleuten as 2018 World Time Trial Champion

Together with Ellen van Dijk, Marianne Vos and Loes Gunnewijk, Van Vleuten represented The Netherlands in the Women's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was won by Vos.[9] She also competed in the 2015 European Games for the Netherlands, in cycling, more specifically, the women's time trial; Van Vleuten won a bronze medal.

On 7 August 2016, while leading the road race at the 2016 Olympic Games, Van Vleuten crashed head first on the descent from Vista Chinesa after missing the brake timing of a sharp bend, 12 km (7.5 mi) before the finish.[10][11] The crash resulted in her being hospitalised with three lumbar spinal fractures and a severe concussion.[12] Though she was out of the race due to severe injuries, her team-mate Anna van der Breggen took home the gold medal for the Netherlands. Despite her injuries, Van Vleuten was riding a bicycle within ten days of her accident[13] and made a winning return to competition one month later, taking the overall victory and two stage wins at the 2016 Belgium Tour.[14]

In 2017 Van Vleuten became the ITT World Champion in Bergen, an achievement she repeated the following year in Innsbruck.

2018 was a very successful year for Van Vleuten as she won the Giro Rosa, La Course by Le Tour de France and the final classification of the UCI Women's World Tour. She ended the 2018 season with a total of 13 victories.

Pink Jersey won by Annemiek at 2020 Giro Rosa (collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)
Rainbow Jersey won by Annemiek during the 2019 UCI Road World Championship (collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)

In 2019 she became the World Road Race champion in Harrogate where she rode solo for 100 km of the 149km race holding back the chasing groups.[15]

In July 2021, she was one of four Dutch cyclists competing in the 137-kilometre (85-mile)-long women's Olympic road race in Tokyo, where she won the silver medal in the race, crossing the finish line 75 seconds behind Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer.[16][17] With around 60 kilometres (37 miles) left in the race, Van Vleuten crashed, but rejoined the race.[17] Her attack with 2.1 kilometres (1.3 miles) to go secured her second place.[17] When Van Vleuten finished the race, she celebrated thinking she had won, as she was unaware of Kiesenhofer being in front of her.[18][19] Three days later, she became Olympic champion by winning the gold medal in the time trial.[7]

In October 2021, Van Vleuten crashed in the first ever Paris–Roubaix Femmes, breaking her pubis bone in two places.[20]

Major results
Main article: List of career achievements by Annemiek van Vleuten

See also

References
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  2. Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. "Movistar Team Women". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  4. "Annemiek van Vleuten: World champion to join Movistar next year". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. "Full 2018 Giro Rosa route revealed". Cyclingnews.com. immediate Media Company. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. Frattini, Kristen. "Cyclingnews' guide to the 2018 Women's WorldTour". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  7. McCurry, Justin (28 July 2021). "Van Vleuten quells Olympic road race pain with gold in women's time trial". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  8. De Geertjesweg in Wageningen vuurt 'hun’ Annemiek van Vleuten aan
  9. "Annemiek van Vleuten – Events and results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  10. Kirshner, Alex (7 August 2016). "Annemiek van Vleuten crashes horrifically while leading women's Olympic cycling road race". Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. "Annemiek van Vleuten in stable condition after accident during women's road cycling race". Rio2016. 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  12. Westby, Matt (7 August 2016). "Annemiek van Vleuten suffers horror crash in Olympic road race". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  13. Elton-Walters, Jack (17 August 2016). "Annemiek van Vleuten back on a bike after Olympic Games horror crash". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  14. Clarke, Stuart (9 September 2016). "Annemiek van Vleuten wins Belgium Tour with Muur van Geraardsbergen victory". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  15. Long, Jonny (30 September 2019). "Annemiek van Vleuten posts Strava data from her magnificent 100km solo ride that claimed world title". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  16. McCurry, Justin (25 July 2021). "Anna Kiesenhofer claims shock road race glory as Van Vleuten mistakes silver for gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  17. Benson, Daniel (25 July 2021). "Olympics: Shock gold for Anna Kiesenhofer in women's road race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  18. Parker, Ian (25 July 2021). "Anna Kiesenhofer storms to gold as runner-up crosses line thinking she had won". Yahoo Sports. PA Media. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  19. Gay, Jason (25 July 2021). "The Math Ph.D. Who Just Shocked Olympic Cycling". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  20. "Annemiek van Vleuten suffers broken pubis bone in Paris-Roubaix fall that has ended the Dutch star's season". Eurosport.com. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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