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Annemiek van Vleuten

May 12, 2023

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Vleuten, not Vleuten.

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

Annemiek van Vleuten
Personal information
Full nameAnnemiek van Vleuten
Nickname
  • Vleuty
  • Peluchen
  • Miek
Born (1982-10-08) 8 October 1982 (age 40)
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
Major Tours
Tour de France
General classification (2022)
2 individual stages (2022)
Giro Donne
General classification (2018, 2019, 2022)
13 individual stages (2014, 2015, 2017–2020, 2022)

Stage races

La Route de France (2010)
Belgium Tour (2014, 2016)
Holland Ladies Tour (2017, 2018)
Ladies Tour of Norway (2021)
Challenge by La Vuelta (2021, 2022)
La Vuelta Femenina (2023)

One day races

Olympic Games time trial (2021)
World Road Race Championships (2019, 2022)
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)
La Course by Le Tour de France (2017, 2018)
Strade Bianche (2019, 2020)
Open de Suède Vårgårda (2011)
GP de Plouay (2011)
Ronde van Drenthe (2010)
GP Stad Roeselare (2012)
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (2017)

Other

UCI Women's Road World Cup (2011)
UCI Women's World Tour (2018, 2021, 2022)
Medal record

Van Vleuten is a two-time winner of both the road race (2019 and 2022) and the time trial (2017 and 2018) at the UCI Road World Championships. In the Olympic Games, she crashed out of the lead of the road race in 2016, before winning the gold medal at the time trial event and a silver in the road race at the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed 2020 Olympics. She won the Dutch National Road Race Championships in 2012, and won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships four times between 2014 and 2019.

Van Vleuten has won all three of women's cycling Grand Tours equivalents – winning the Giro d'Italia Donne three times in 2018, 2019 and 2022, winning the inaugural Tour de France Femmes in 2022 and winning La Vuelta Femenina in 2023 La Vuelta Femenina. She became the first woman to complete a Giro–Tour double in the same year.

In winning the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2011, and the UCI Women's World Tour in 2018, 2021 and 2022, Van Vleuten won multiple stage races and one day events. She has won cycling monuments including Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, Strade Bianche Donne and Tour of Flanders for Women on multiple occasions. She has been awarded Dutch women's cyclist of the year three times. Van Vleuten will retire at the end of the 2023 season.

Career

As a child, Van Vleuten played football, gymnastics and horse riding, and rode her bike to school. Van Vleuten studied animal sciences and specialised in zoonoses and epidemiology at the University of Wageningen,[5] graduating with a master's degree in epidemiology in 2007. In 2005, she was advised by her doctor to take up cycling following a knee injury playing football.[6][7]

Early career

Starting her cycling career at amateur teams in 2007 aged 25, Van Vleuten joined the Dutch DSB Bank–Nederland bloeit team in 2009.[7] Quitting her office job in 2010 to become a full time professional cyclist, her first major win was at the 2010 Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe. She then won La Route de France later that year.[8] In 2011, she won the UCI Women's Road World Cup, winning key races like Tour of Flanders for Women, GP de Plouay – Bretagne and Open de Suède Vårgårda.[9]

In 2012, Van Vleuten represented the Netherlands in the Women's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, along with Ellen van Dijk, Marianne Vos and Loes Gunnewijk. The race was won by Vos.[10] She also won the Dutch National Road Race Championships.[11] After a less than successful 2013,[12] she won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships for the first time in 2014.[13] In 2015 she joined the Bigla Pro Cycling Team.[14] She took part in the 2015 European Games for the Netherlands, in cycling; Van Vleuten won a bronze medal in the time trial, and finished seventh in the road race.[14]

Orica–AIS (2016–20)

In 2016, Van Vleuten joined the Orica–AIS team. On 7 August 2016, while leading the road race at the Olympic Games, Van Vleuten crashed head first on the steep descent from Vista Chinesa after missing her braking point before a sharp bend, 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) before the finish.[15][16] The crash knocked her unconscious, and she was hospitalised with three lumbar spinal fractures and a severe concussion.[17] Despite her injuries, Van Vleuten was riding a bicycle within ten days of her accident[18] and made a winning return to competition one month later, taking the overall victory and two stage wins at the Belgium Tour.[19] Earlier in the season, she had also won her second Dutch National Time Trial Championships.[7][20]

2017–19: World Championships, Giro Rosa victories

In 2017, she became world champion for the first time, winning the time trial event in Bergen, Norway. She also won the Holland Ladies Tour, La Course by Le Tour de France, and retained her national Time Trial Championship.[7][21]

 
Van Vleuten defended her world title in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships

2018 was Van Vleuten's most successful year of her career – she won the Giro Rosa (winning 3 stages), she defended her world title in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, and she won the UCI Women's World Tour after multiple victories at events such as La Course by Le Tour de France and the Holland Ladies Tour.[22] She ended the 2018 season with a total of 13 victories.[7]

In 2019, Van Vleuten defended her Giro Rosa title, winning by over 3 minutes and taking all the major classifications (general, points and mountain).[7][23] At the UCI Road World Championships in Harrogate, she won the road race after riding solo for 100 kilometres (62 miles) of the 149-kilometre (93-mile) race, holding back the chasing groups.[24] She also won the Dutch national time trial championship for the fourth time.[25] Despite winning the Giro Rosa and major races such as Liège–Bastogne–Liège and Strade Bianche, Van Vleuten finished second in the UCI Women's World Tour standings behind fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos.

 
Racing bike used by Van Vleuten in 2020

In the COVID-19 pandemic-disrupted 2020 season, she won the road race at the European Road Championships, as well as Strade Bianche for the second time.[26]

Movistar Team (2021–present)

2021: Olympic Games medals

For the 2021 season, Van Vleuten joined the Movistar Team. She started her season by winning Tour of Flanders for Women, 10 years after her first victory.[27]

In July, she was one of four Dutch cyclists competing in the 137-kilometre (85-mile) 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.[28][29] With around 60 kilometres (37 miles) left in the race, Van Vleuten crashed, but rejoined the race.[29] Her attack with 2.1 kilometres (1.3 miles) to go secured her second place.[29] When Van Vleuten finished the race, she celebrated thinking she had won, as she was unaware of Kiesenhofer being in front of her.[30][31] Three days later, she became Olympic champion by winning the gold medal in the time trial.[32]

She won the UCI Women's World Tour for the second time, following victories at the Challenge by La Vuelta and Ladies Tour of Norway.[27] In October, she crashed in the first ever Paris–Roubaix Femmes, breaking her pubis bone in two places,[33] ending her season. In December, Van Vleuten was named Dutch cyclist of the year (Keetie van Oosten-Hage Trophy [nl]) for a third time, having previously won the award in 2017 and 2019.[34][35]

2022: Giro–Tour–Vuelta triple, second world road race title

In 2022, Van Vleuten started her season by winning two classics – Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes for the second time.[36] In June, Van Vleuten signed a one-year contract extension with the Movistar Team, with the intention to retire from cycling at the end of the 2023 season.[37] She won her third Giro d'Italia Donne the following month, winning two stages and the points classification.[38][39]

 
Van Vleuten in the yellow jersey at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes

Later the same month, she was named as one of the pre-race favourites for the inaugural edition of the Tour de France Femmes.[40] During the race, she suffered from stomach issues early on, which had left her more than a minute behind race leader Marianne Vos after three stages.[41] Having moved up to eighth overall following the sixth stage, Van Vleuten split the race apart on the penultimate stage; having attacked on the first climb of the day, the Col du Petit Ballon, only Demi Vollering was able to keep pace with Van Vleuten. Before the top of the next climb, the Col du Platzerwasel, Van Vleuten was on her own, having accelerated clear of Vollering. Van Vleuten remained clear for the remaining 62 kilometres (39 miles) and ultimately won the stage by over three minutes, moving into the race lead.On stage 7 she blew the race apart with a solo attack for the stage win, which also put her in the yellow jersey as overall race leader by over 3 minutes ahead of Demi Vollering.[42] The next day she cemented her victory, extending her lead in the process; she attacked with 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) remaining, passed the remaining breakaway riders, and soloed to win by 30 seconds ahead of Vollering. In the general classification, Van Vleuten won by nearly four minutes from Vollering, with only five other riders within ten minutes.[43] She became the first woman to complete a Giro–Tour double in the same year.[36]

In September, she won the Challenge by La Vuelta,[44] as well as winning the second stage.[45] The following week, Van Vleuten recorded her worst result in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, finishing in seventh place – a result she described as a "shit day".[46] Three days later, in the mixed team relay, Van Vleuten crashed shortly after leaving the start, which resulted in a fractured elbow and made her a doubt for the road race three days later.[47] Van Vleuten ultimately took the start of the race, initially riding as a domestique for Marianne Vos.[48] By the end, Van Vleuten capitalised on a late-race stalling of pace, attacking with around 700 metres (2,300 feet) remaining, holding off around a dozen riders by a second to take the rainbow jersey.[49] In doing so, Van Vleuten became the first female rider to win the Triple Crown of Cycling.

2023: La Vuelta Femenina

Van Vleuten did not win any major classics in the first few months of the season, with rival Demi Vollering achieving a clean sweep of the Ardennes Classics. However, she won the inaugural edition of La Vuelta Femenina, beating Vollering by nine seconds.[50] This made Van Vleuten the first woman to win all three of women's cycling major races.[50]

Personal life

Outside of cycling, Van Vleuten lives a low-key life, enjoying scuba diving, watching football, and playing the Settlers of Catan board game with friends.[5][7]

Career achievements

Main article: List of career achievements by Annemiek van Vleuten

See also

References

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In this Dutch name the surname is van Vleuten not Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Dutch pronunciation ɑneˈmik fɑn ˈvloːten born 8 October 1982 is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women s WorldTeam Movistar Team 3 4 Annemiek van VleutenVan Vleuten at the 2017 UEC European Track ChampionshipsPersonal informationFull nameAnnemiek van VleutenNicknameVleuty Peluchen MiekBorn 1982 10 08 8 October 1982 age 40 Vleuten NetherlandsHeight1 68 m 5 ft 6 in Weight59 kg 130 lb Team informationCurrent teamMovistar TeamDisciplineRoadRoleRiderRider typeAll rounderAmateur teams2007Therme Skin Care2008Vrienden van het PlattelandProfessional teams2009 2014DSB Bank Nederland bloeit2015Bigla Pro Cycling Team2016 2020Orica AIS 1 2 2021 Movistar TeamMajor winsMajor Tours Tour de FranceGeneral classification 2022 2 individual stages 2022 dd Giro DonneGeneral classification 2018 2019 2022 13 individual stages 2014 2015 2017 2020 2022 dd Stage races La Route de France 2010 Belgium Tour 2014 2016 Holland Ladies Tour 2017 2018 Ladies Tour of Norway 2021 Challenge by La Vuelta 2021 2022 La Vuelta Femenina 2023 One day races Olympic Games time trial 2021 World Road Race Championships 2019 2022 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 Liege Bastogne Liege 2019 2022 La Course by Le Tour de France 2017 2018 Strade Bianche 2019 2020 Open de Suede Vargarda 2011 GP de Plouay 2011 Ronde van Drenthe 2010 GP Stad Roeselare 2012 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2017 Other UCI Women s Road World Cup 2011 UCI Women s World Tour 2018 2021 2022 Medal record Women s road cyclingRepresenting NetherlandsOlympic Games2020 Tokyo Time trial2020 Tokyo Road raceWorld Championships2017 Bergen Time trial2018 Innsbruck Time trial2019 Harrogate Road race2022 Wollongong Road race2013 Florence Team time trial2020 Imola Road race2021 Flanders Mixed team relay2019 Harrogate Time trial2021 Flanders Time trialEuropean Championships2020 Plouay Road raceEuropean Games2015 Baku Time trialWorld University Cycling Championship2008 Nijmegen Time trial2008 Nijmegen Road raceWomen s track cyclingWorld Championships2018 Apeldoorn Individual pursuitVan Vleuten is a two time winner of both the road race 2019 and 2022 and the time trial 2017 and 2018 at the UCI Road World Championships In the Olympic Games she crashed out of the lead of the road race in 2016 before winning the gold medal at the time trial event and a silver in the road race at the COVID 19 pandemic delayed 2020 Olympics She won the Dutch National Road Race Championships in 2012 and won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships four times between 2014 and 2019 Van Vleuten has won all three of women s cycling Grand Tours equivalents winning the Giro d Italia Donne three times in 2018 2019 and 2022 winning the inaugural Tour de France Femmes in 2022 and winning La Vuelta Femenina in 2023 La Vuelta Femenina She became the first woman to complete a Giro Tour double in the same year In winning the UCI Women s Road World Cup in 2011 and the UCI Women s World Tour in 2018 2021 and 2022 Van Vleuten won multiple stage races and one day events She has won cycling monuments including Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes Strade Bianche Donne and Tour of Flanders for Women on multiple occasions She has been awarded Dutch women s cyclist of the year three times Van Vleuten will retire at the end of the 2023 season Contents 1 Career 1 1 Early career 1 2 Orica AIS 2016 20 1 2 1 2017 19 World Championships Giro Rosa victories 1 3 Movistar Team 2021 present 1 3 1 2021 Olympic Games medals 1 3 2 2022 Giro Tour Vuelta triple second world road race title 1 3 3 2023 La Vuelta Femenina 2 Personal life 3 Career achievements 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditAs a child Van Vleuten played football gymnastics and horse riding and rode her bike to school Van Vleuten studied animal sciences and specialised in zoonoses and epidemiology at the University of Wageningen 5 graduating with a master s degree in epidemiology in 2007 In 2005 she was advised by her doctor to take up cycling following a knee injury playing football 6 7 Early career Edit Starting her cycling career at amateur teams in 2007 aged 25 Van Vleuten joined the Dutch DSB Bank Nederland bloeit team in 2009 7 Quitting her office job in 2010 to become a full time professional cyclist her first major win was at the 2010 Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe She then won La Route de France later that year 8 In 2011 she won the UCI Women s Road World Cup winning key races like Tour of Flanders for Women GP de Plouay Bretagne and Open de Suede Vargarda 9 In 2012 Van Vleuten represented the Netherlands in the Women s road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics along with Ellen van Dijk Marianne Vos and Loes Gunnewijk The race was won by Vos 10 She also won the Dutch National Road Race Championships 11 After a less than successful 2013 12 she won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships for the first time in 2014 13 In 2015 she joined the Bigla Pro Cycling Team 14 She took part in the 2015 European Games for the Netherlands in cycling Van Vleuten won a bronze medal in the time trial and finished seventh in the road race 14 Orica AIS 2016 20 Edit In 2016 Van Vleuten joined the Orica AIS team On 7 August 2016 while leading the road race at the Olympic Games Van Vleuten crashed head first on the steep descent from Vista Chinesa after missing her braking point before a sharp bend 12 kilometres 7 5 miles before the finish 15 16 The crash knocked her unconscious and she was hospitalised with three lumbar spinal fractures and a severe concussion 17 Despite her injuries Van Vleuten was riding a bicycle within ten days of her accident 18 and made a winning return to competition one month later taking the overall victory and two stage wins at the Belgium Tour 19 Earlier in the season she had also won her second Dutch National Time Trial Championships 7 20 2017 19 World Championships Giro Rosa victories Edit In 2017 she became world champion for the first time winning the time trial event in Bergen Norway She also won the Holland Ladies Tour La Course by Le Tour de France and retained her national Time Trial Championship 7 21 Van Vleuten defended her world title in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships 2018 was Van Vleuten s most successful year of her career she won the Giro Rosa winning 3 stages she defended her world title in the time trial at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck Austria and she won the UCI Women s World Tour after multiple victories at events such as La Course by Le Tour de France and the Holland Ladies Tour 22 She ended the 2018 season with a total of 13 victories 7 In 2019 Van Vleuten defended her Giro Rosa title winning by over 3 minutes and taking all the major classifications general points and mountain 7 23 At the UCI Road World Championships in Harrogate she won the road race after riding solo for 100 kilometres 62 miles of the 149 kilometre 93 mile race holding back the chasing groups 24 She also won the Dutch national time trial championship for the fourth time 25 Despite winning the Giro Rosa and major races such as Liege Bastogne Liege and Strade Bianche Van Vleuten finished second in the UCI Women s World Tour standings behind fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos Racing bike used by Van Vleuten in 2020 In the COVID 19 pandemic disrupted 2020 season she won the road race at the European Road Championships as well as Strade Bianche for the second time 26 Movistar Team 2021 present Edit 2021 Olympic Games medals Edit For the 2021 season Van Vleuten joined the Movistar Team She started her season by winning Tour of Flanders for Women 10 years after her first victory 27 In July she was one of four Dutch cyclists competing in the 137 kilometre 85 mile 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 28 29 With around 60 kilometres 37 miles left in the race Van Vleuten crashed but rejoined the race 29 Her attack with 2 1 kilometres 1 3 miles to go secured her second place 29 When Van Vleuten finished the race she celebrated thinking she had won as she was unaware of Kiesenhofer being in front of her 30 31 Three days later she became Olympic champion by winning the gold medal in the time trial 32 She won the UCI Women s World Tour for the second time following victories at the Challenge by La Vuelta and Ladies Tour of Norway 27 In October she crashed in the first ever Paris Roubaix Femmes breaking her pubis bone in two places 33 ending her season In December Van Vleuten was named Dutch cyclist of the year Keetie van Oosten Hage Trophy nl for a third time having previously won the award in 2017 and 2019 34 35 2022 Giro Tour Vuelta triple second world road race title Edit In 2022 Van Vleuten started her season by winning two classics Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes for the second time 36 In June Van Vleuten signed a one year contract extension with the Movistar Team with the intention to retire from cycling at the end of the 2023 season 37 She won her third Giro d Italia Donne the following month winning two stages and the points classification 38 39 Van Vleuten in the yellow jersey at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes Later the same month she was named as one of the pre race favourites for the inaugural edition of the Tour de France Femmes 40 During the race she suffered from stomach issues early on which had left her more than a minute behind race leader Marianne Vos after three stages 41 Having moved up to eighth overall following the sixth stage Van Vleuten split the race apart on the penultimate stage having attacked on the first climb of the day the Col du Petit Ballon only Demi Vollering was able to keep pace with Van Vleuten Before the top of the next climb the Col du Platzerwasel Van Vleuten was on her own having accelerated clear of Vollering Van Vleuten remained clear for the remaining 62 kilometres 39 miles and ultimately won the stage by over three minutes moving into the race lead On stage 7 she blew the race apart with a solo attack for the stage win which also put her in the yellow jersey as overall race leader by over 3 minutes ahead of Demi Vollering 42 The next day she cemented her victory extending her lead in the process she attacked with 6 kilometres 3 7 miles remaining passed the remaining breakaway riders and soloed to win by 30 seconds ahead of Vollering In the general classification Van Vleuten won by nearly four minutes from Vollering with only five other riders within ten minutes 43 She became the first woman to complete a Giro Tour double in the same year 36 In September she won the Challenge by La Vuelta 44 as well as winning the second stage 45 The following week Van Vleuten recorded her worst result in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong finishing in seventh place a result she described as a shit day 46 Three days later in the mixed team relay Van Vleuten crashed shortly after leaving the start which resulted in a fractured elbow and made her a doubt for the road race three days later 47 Van Vleuten ultimately took the start of the race initially riding as a domestique for Marianne Vos 48 By the end Van Vleuten capitalised on a late race stalling of pace attacking with around 700 metres 2 300 feet remaining holding off around a dozen riders by a second to take the rainbow jersey 49 In doing so Van Vleuten became the first female rider to win the Triple Crown of Cycling 2023 La Vuelta Femenina Edit Van Vleuten did not win any major classics in the first few months of the season with rival Demi Vollering achieving a clean sweep of the Ardennes Classics However she won the inaugural edition of La Vuelta Femenina beating Vollering by nine seconds 50 This made Van Vleuten the first woman to win all three of women s cycling major races 50 Personal life EditOutside of cycling Van Vleuten lives a low key life enjoying scuba diving watching football and playing the Settlers of Catan board game with friends 5 7 Career achievements EditMain article List of career achievements by Annemiek van VleutenSee also EditList of Dutch Olympic cyclistsReferences Edit Mitchelton Scott women announce 10 rider roster for 2019 Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company 19 November 2018 Retrieved 24 February 2019 Weislo Laura 8 January 2020 2020 Team Preview Mitchelton Scott Women Cyclingnews com Immediate Media Company Retrieved 15 January 2020 Movistar Team Women UCI org Union Cycliste Internationale Archived from the original on 12 January 2021 Retrieved 12 January 2021 Annemiek van Vleuten World champion to join Movistar next year BBC Sport BBC 31 August 2020 Retrieved 31 August 2020 a b Been Jose 25 August 2020 The person behind the rainbow bands One on one with Annemiek van Vleuten Cycling Tips Eulen Bart 29 June 2019 De Geertjesweg in Wageningen vuurt hun Annemiek van Vleuten aan De Gelderlander in Dutch Retrieved 12 May 2023 a b c d e f g Bailey Mark 26 June 2019 Dutch courage Annemiek van Vleuten profile Cyclist Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten 2010 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten 2011 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten Events and results london2012 com Archived from the original on 3 August 2012 Retrieved 29 August 2012 Annemiek van Vleuten 2012 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten 2013 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten 2014 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 a b Annemiek van Vleuten 2015 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Kirshner Alex 7 August 2016 Annemiek van Vleuten crashes horrifically while leading women s Olympic cycling road race Retrieved 7 August 2016 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 Westby Matt 7 August 2016 Annemiek van Vleuten suffers horror crash in Olympic road race Sky Sports Retrieved 7 August 2016 Elton Walters Jack 17 August 2016 Annemiek van Vleuten back on a bike after Olympic Games horror crash Cycling Weekly Retrieved 29 July 2017 Clarke Stuart 9 September 2016 Annemiek van Vleuten wins Belgium Tour with Muur van Geraardsbergen victory Cycling Weekly Retrieved 29 July 2017 Annemiek van Vleuten 2016 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten 2017 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten 2018 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Giro d Italia Internazionale Femminile 2019 Stage 10 results ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 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 Annemiek van Vleuten 2019 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten 2020 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 a b Annemiek van Vleuten 2021 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 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 a b c Benson Daniel 25 July 2021 Olympics Shock gold for Anna Kiesenhofer in women s road race cyclingnews com Retrieved 25 July 2021 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 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 McCurry Justin 28 July 2021 Van Vleuten quells Olympic road race pain with gold in women s time trial The Guardian Retrieved 13 September 2021 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 Wielerprijzen voor Lavreysen en Van Vleuten Cycling awards for Lavreysen and Van Vleuten RTL Nieuws in Dutch RTL Nederland 20 December 2021 Retrieved 8 June 2022 Het is de derde keer dat Van Vleuten de Keetie van Oosten Hage Bokaal wint Ze deed dat eerder in 2017 en 2019 It is the third time that Van Vleuten has won the Keetie van Oosten Hage Cup She previously did that in 2017 and 2019 Becket Adam 21 December 2021 Van Vleuten crowned Dutch cyclist of the year for a third time Cycling Weekly Future plc Retrieved 8 June 2022 a b Annemiek van Vleuten 2022 ProCyclingStats com Retrieved 2 August 2022 Dabbs Ryan 29 June 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten to retire at end of 2023 Cycling Weekly Future plc Retrieved 10 July 2022 Giro d Italia Donne 2022 Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten wins her third title BBC Sport BBC 10 July 2022 Retrieved 10 July 2022 Price Matilda 10 July 2022 Giro d Italia Donne Annemiek van Vleuten wins overall race VeloNews Outside Retrieved 10 July 2022 The ciclamino points jersey goes to Van Vleuten after her two stage wins Tour de France Femmes 2022 Riders to watch as women s race returns after 33 years BBC Sport Retrieved 21 July 2022 Snowball Ben 26 July 2022 Tour de France Femmes is going to kick off when Annemiek van Vleuten is back at 100 from stomach bug Eurosport Warner Bros Discovery Retrieved 30 July 2022 Lewis Niamh 30 July 2022 Van Vleuten goes on mountain rampage to win stage 7 of Tour de France Femmes Cyclingnews com Future plc Retrieved 30 July 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten takes final stage by 30 seconds to win women s Tour de France ESPN com ESPN Inc Associated Press 31 July 2022 Retrieved 31 July 2022 Frattini Kirsten 11 September 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten wins 2022 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta Cyclingnews com Future plc Retrieved 14 September 2022 Knofler Lukas 8 September 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten stamps authority on Ceratizit Challenge with stage 2 victory Cyclingnews com Future plc Retrieved 11 December 2022 Frattini Kirsten 18 September 2022 Bad day knocks Van Vleuten out of rainbow contention in Worlds time trial Cyclingnews com Future plc Retrieved 11 December 2022 Van Vleuten a doubt for world championships road race after relay crash Reuters Thomson Reuters 21 September 2022 Retrieved 11 December 2022 Pender Kieran 24 September 2022 Shocked Van Vleuten rides through pain to cap stellar year with road race gold The Observer Guardian Media Group Retrieved 11 December 2022 Davidson Tom 24 September 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten soars to victory in World Championships road race despite broken elbow Cycling Weekly Future plc Retrieved 11 December 2022 a b Knofler Lukas 7 May 2023 La Vuelta Femenina Van Vleuten narrowly secures GC while Vollering wins stage 7 cyclingnews com Retrieved 8 May 2023 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media 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