Rider Profile
Marianne Vos
Visma-Lease a Bike Women
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Visma-Lease a Bike Women
- 2023 - Team Jumbo-Visma Women
- 2022 - Team Jumbo-Visma Women
- 2021 - Team Jumbo-Visma Women
- 2020 - CCC-Liv
- 2019 - CCC-Liv
- 2018 - Waowdeals Pro Cycling Team
- 2017 - WM3 Pro Cycling
- 2016 - Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team
- 2015 - Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team
- 2014 - Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team
- 2012 - Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
- 2011 - Nederland Bloeit
- 2010 - Nederland Bloeit
- 2009 - DSB Bank Track Team
- 2009 - DSB Bank - LTO
- 2008 - Team DSB Bank
- 2008 - DSB BANK TRACK TEAM
- 2007 - Team DSB Bank
Biography:
Marianne Vos is considered to be one of the greatest cyclists of all time, amassing hundreds of victories across almost all of cycling's major disciplines. She's won two Olympic gold medals, three elite road world titles, eight elite cyclocross world titles, and two on the track, not to mention a haul of European elite and junior titles and Dutch national titles on the road, cyclocross and mountain bike.
Born in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands on May 13, 1987, she won her first national championships in 2002 in mountain biking and road racing as a junior. She scored her first world title as a junior in 2004, when she won the road race title.
After racing two full cyclocross seasons in the women’s elite division, Vos beat established favourite Hanka Kupfernagel in January 2006 on home soil to win her first cyclocross world title. Between 2006 and 2022, Vos won the elite CX World title a record eight times.
On the road in 2006, she claimed a stunning victory at the World Championships in Salzburg taking the rainbow jersey in a field sprint of 14 riders. She would reclaim the world title on the road in back-to-back seasons of 2012-2013.
Her incredible road career has included prestigious stage wins in major stage races at the Tour de France Femmes and La Vuelta Femenina, plus she has an incredible 32 stage victories and three GC titles at the Giro d'Italia. In one-day Classics, Vos’ victories include the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, Gent-Wevelgem, Trofeo Alfredo Binda, and GP de Plouay. Her victory at the Olympic Games in London was one of the most scintillating races and a career highlight.
In 2015, Vos took time off to rest from overtraining and a hamstring injury, competing in only two events on the road that season for her Rabobank-Liv team and not starting any cyclocross events. She wasted no time getting back to top form in 2016, winning nine times on the road with a third place at La Course by Le Tour de France and finishing ninth at the Olympic Games in the Rio road race. In the fall, she restarted cyclocross and won eight times that season en route to a silver medal at the World Championships.
The Dutch rider has also been a key player in the evolution of women's cycling, fighting for higher pay, speaking out against abuse. She was appointed to the UCI Athlete Commission in 2011 and was part of an effort to convince the Tour de France organisers to add a race for women, which eventually led to the Tour de France Femmes. Vos won two stages and the points classification in the inaugural race in 2022.
Her penchant for winning on any surface continued in 2023 when she won the Gravel, Grit ‘n Grind endurance off-road event in Sweden in early August, part of the UCI Gravel World Series. However, racing ended shortly thereafter when she had iliac artery surgery on her left leg, which caused her to struggle throughout the year.
Key Results
Olympic Games
🥇 Road Race - 2012 London
🥇 Points Race (Track cycling) - 2008 Beijing
World Championships
🥇 Road Race - 2006 Salzburg
🥇 Road Race - 2012 Valkenburg
🥇 Road Race - 2013 Tuscany
🥇 Cyclocross - 2006 Zeddam
🥇 Cyclocross - 2009 Hoogerheide
🥇 Cyclocross - 2010 Tábor
🥇 Cyclocross - 2011 Sankt Wendel
🥇 Cyclocross - 2012 Koksijde
🥇 Cyclocross - 2013 Louisville
🥇 Cyclocross - 2014 Hoogerheide
🥇 Cyclocross - 2022 Fayetteville
🥇 Points Race (Track) - 2008 Manchester
🥇 Scratch Race (Track) - 2011 Apeldoorn
🥈 Road race - 2007 Stuttgart
🥈 Road race - 2008 Varese
🥈 Road race - 2009 Mendrisio
🥈 Road race - 2010 Geelong
🥈 Road race - 2011 Copenhagen
🥈 Road race - 2021 Flanders
🥈 Team Time Trial - 2013 Florence
🥈 Cyclocross - 2008 Treviso
🥈 Cyclocross - 2017 Bieles
Gravel
🥇 Gravel, Grit ‘n Grind - 202
Road
2023
🥇 Three stages and points classification La Vuelta Femenina
🥈 Two stages at Giro d’Italia Donne
🥈 One stage at Tour de France Femmes
🥉 Dwars door Vlaanderen
2022
🥇 Two stages and points classification Tour de France Femmes
🥇 Four stages Tour of Scandinavia
🥇 Two stages at Giro d’Italia Donne
🥈 Gent-Wevelgem
2021
🥇 Two stages at Giro d’Italia Donne
🥇 Amstel Gold Race
🥇 Gent-Wevelgem
🥈 Paris-Roubaix Femmes
🥈 World Championships road race
🥉 La Course by Le Tour de France
2020
🥇 Three stages and points classification at Giro d’Italia Donne
🥈 La Course by Le Tour de France
2019
🥇 Five stages, points classification and GC at Tour Cycliste Feminin de l’Ardèche
🥇 Three stages and GC at Ladies Tour of Norway
🥇 La Course by Le Tour de France
🥇 Four stages at Giro d’Italia Donne
🥇 Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2018
🥇 Three stages and GC at Ladies Tour of Norway
🥈 RideLondon Classique
2017
🥇 European Championships road race
🥇 Two stages and GC at BeNe Ladies Tour
More
Giro d'Italia - Overall (2011, 2012, 2014)
Dutch Road Race Champion (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011)
Dutch Time Trial Champion (2010, 2011)
La Flèche Wallonne (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Trofeo Alfredo Binda (2009, 2010, 2012)
Tour of Flanders (2013)
Ronde van Drenthe (2011, 2012, 2013)
Related Articles
Handling the pressure - Self-inflating tyres and decisive late sprint helped Marianne Vos take Gravel World Championships
By Peter Stuart published
News New Dutch World Champion doubted her form against Kopecky after long two-up break, but overpowered her in the final sprint
Marianne Vos uses self-inflating tyres at Gravel World Championships
By Peter Stuart published
News Gravaa returns to the elite level of cycling for the first time since Paris-Roubaix 2022 with updated system
UCI Road World Championships 2024 - Elite-U23 women's road race contenders
By Kirsten Frattini published
Contenders Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, Elisa Longo Borghini and dark-horse Pauline Ferrand-Prévot among the favourites to win the rainbow jersey
'It was a tough fight' - Marianne Vos all-in for Tour de France Femmes green jersey after battle for points in Morteau
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'I really want to bring the green jersey to the finish of the Tour de France Femmes, but first, I need to recover from this gruelling effort'
‘The legs exploded’ - Marianne Vos left unsatisfied with fifth on Tour de France opener after getting positioning wrong
By James Moultrie published
News Dutch superstar ‘not strong enough’ on finale into The Hague but Visma-Lease a Bike still confident of form after Paris Olympics
'Pauline is a phenomenon' - Marianne Vos on joining forces with Ferrand-Prévot at Visma-Lease a Bike
By Kirsten Frattini published
News Team manager believes mountain bike World and Olympic champion can be a top GC contender – 'She knows exactly how to peak and knows exactly what it takes to focus on one goal'
‘The yellow jersey is awaiting’ - Vos, Wiebes and Kool in Dutch rush for home glory on Tour de France Femmes
By James Moultrie published
News Cyclingnews speaks to the key sprint favourites ahead of stage 1 as the Hague awaits its victor and first maillot jaune
Marianne Vos targets stages at Tour de France Femmes as Riejanne Markus leads Visma-Lease a Bike’s GC ambitions
By Stephen Farrand published
News ‘I'm looking forward to a very beautiful race’ Vos says of Netherlands Grand Départ
Blogs
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Nathan Haas blog: Has the UCI done enough for gravel pros at the Gravel World Championships?
Sponsored gravel riders appear to be losing interest in the rainbow jersey battle -
Lauren De Crescenzo and her tough decision to miss UCI Gravel World Championships
In her own words, the gravel star explains the complex picture of the Gravel World Championships for the US team -
A proper women's race – Historic day in Emporia at Unbound Gravel
Extended gaps around women's start end with unprecedented sprint finish though 'it’s still imperfect, but it’s the best we can do for now' -
Road prep and adapting to new rules as Life Time Grand Prix begins at Fuego XL mountain bike event
Lauren De Crescenzo uses The Growler for confidence boost ride ahead of prestigious off-road series -
'Untapped gold' in store for inaugural RADL GRVL in South Australia
Nathan Haas calls gravel course 'raw, fast, exciting' after pre-ride with co-founder Valtteri Bottas