Marianne Vos

Marianne Vos
Vos interviewed by TV, 2015.
Personal information
Full nameMarianne Vos
NicknameThe Cannibal[1]
Born (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 37)
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
DisciplinesRoad
Cyclo-cross
Mountain biking
Track
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2006–2020DSB–Ballast Nedam[3][4]
2021–Team Jumbo–Visma
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
World Championships (2006, 2009–2014, 2022)
European Championships (2005, 2009)
National Championships (2011–2015, 2017, 2022)
World Cup (2018–19)
27 individual wins (2006–07, 2008–092016–17, 2018–19, 2021–22)
Road

Major Tours

Tour de France Femmes
Points classification (2022)
2 individual stages (2022)
Giro d'Italia Femminile
General classification (2011, 2012, 2014)
Points classification (2007, 20102014, 2020)
Mountains classification (2011)
Young rider classification (2010)
32 individual stages
La Vuelta Femenina
Points classification (2023, 2024)
4 individual stages (2023, 2024)
1 TTT stage (2023)

Stage races

Emakumeen Bira (2008, 2011)
Holland Ladies Tour (20092012)
The Women's Tour (2014)
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs (2012, 2013)
Ladies Tour of Norway (2017, 2018, 2019)

One-day races and Classics

Olympic Games Road Race (2012)
World Road Race Championships (2006, 2012, 2013)
National Road Race Championships
(2006, 2008, 2009, 2011)
National Time Trial Championships (2010, 2011)
Tour of Flanders (2013)
La Flèche Wallonne (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Trofeo Alfredo Binda (2009, 2010, 2012, 2019)
GP de Plouay (2012, 2013)
La Course by Le Tour de France (2014, 2019)
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik (2011, 2014, 2017)
Open de Suède Vårgårda (2009, 2013, 2018)
Ronde van Drenthe (2011, 2012, 2013)
Amstel Gold Race (2021, 2024)
Gent–Wevelgem (2021)
GP Ciudad de Valladolid (2011)
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs (2011)
Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt (2007)
Sparkassen Giro Bochum (2014)

Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[5][6]

After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becoming World Champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing World Championships when she won the points race in 2008 and the scratch race in 2011. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race. She is a 3 times World Road Race Champion – in 2006, 2012 and 2013 – and 8 times World Cyclo-cross Champion – in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2022.

She has multiple wins at the Giro Donne, Holland Ladies Tour, Ladies Tour of Norway, La Flèche Wallonne, Ronde van Drenthe, Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Emakumeen Euskal Bira and GP de Plouay – Bretagne; also she ranked first in points in the UCI Women's Road World Cup five times and in the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour. She has 24 races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, and claimed the first place overall in the 2018–19 season.

Vos was a founding member of Le Tour Entier, which campaigned for a Women's Tour de France and improvements to women's cycling generally. Vos has drawn comparison to Eddy Merckx as being "the finest cyclist of [her] generation".[7]

  1. ^ Cary, Tom (5 May 2014). "All-conquering 'Cannibal' Marianne Vos is still hungry for success". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Athlete Biography – VOS Marianne". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2008.
  3. ^ "CCC-Liv Team Unveils Competition Kit". Liv Cycling UK. Giant UK Ltd. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Bertizzolo lands at CCC-Liv after Movistar contract problems". Cyclingnews.com. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Jumbo-Visma Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Marianne Vos to spearhead Jumbo-Visma women's team in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ Fotheringham, William (29 July 2012). "London 2012: Lizzie Armitstead strikes Olympic silver on a soggy Mall". The Guardian.

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