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Netherlands Annemiek van Vleuten is a decorated professional road racing cyclist, celebrated for her numerous victories in major international competitions, including Olympic gold medals and Grand Tour titles.
Canyon dedicated a special Aeroad CFR bike to Annemiek van Vleuten to recognize her incredible career achievements. They also honored her as a pioneer in women's cycling.
Annemiek van Vleuten will join the Fenix-Deceuninck team as a performance mentor, collaborating with NXTG Racing to strengthen the team for 2025.
Bike manufacturer and team sponsor Scott designed a personalised bike for Annemiek van Vleuten as a souvenir for her unique solo achievements.
La Passione Cycling Club shared Annemiek van Vleuten's World Champion's jersey, highlighting the fascination and unique experience of wearing the rainbow.
Annemiek van Vleuten, born on October 8, 1982, in Vleuten, Netherlands, is a retired professional road racing cyclist. Growing up, she participated in various sports like football, gymnastics, and horse riding. She pursued higher education, earning a master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of Wageningen in 2007, specializing in zoonoses and epidemiology. Her cycling career began in 2005 at the age of 23 after a doctor recommended cycling due to a football-related knee injury. She initially rode for amateur teams before joining DSB Bank–Nederland bloeit in 2009. In 2010, she transitioned to full-time professional cycling, securing her first major win at the Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe and later La Route de France.
Van Vleuten’s career is marked by consistent achievement and resilience. In 2011, she won the UCI Women’s Road World Cup, including victories at the Tour of Flanders for Women and GP de Plouay – Bretagne. She represented the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women’s road race and won the Dutch National Road Race Championships that year. After a less successful 2013, she claimed her first Dutch National Time Trial Championships title in 2014. A significant turning point occurred at the 2016 Rio Olympics when she suffered a severe crash while leading the road race, resulting in spinal fractures and a concussion. Despite this, she made a remarkable comeback, winning the Belgium Tour just one month later.
Her career continued with dominant performances, including two World Championships in the time trial (2017, 2018) and two in the road race (2019, 2022). She has won all three women’s cycling Grand Tour equivalents: the Giro Donne multiple times (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023), the inaugural Tour de France Femmes in 2022, and La Vuelta Femenina in 2023. Her 2022 season was particularly noteworthy, achieving a rare Giro–Tour double and becoming the first woman to complete the Triple Crown of Cycling. Van Vleuten retired at the end of the 2023 season, concluding a career that solidified her status as one of the sport’s greatest female cyclists. Post-retirement, she has taken on roles such as a performance mentor for the Fenix–Deceuninck team and a pundit for Dutch television.
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