The greatest women's road cyclist in history — World Champion three times, Olympic champion, winner of every major women's race, and an athlete who crashed spectacularly at Rio 2016 yet returned to dominate the sport for the next six years.
The greatest women's road cyclist in history — World Champion three times, Olympic champion, winner of every major women's race, and an athlete who crashed spectacularly at Rio 2016 yet returned to dominate the sport for the next six years. Cycling is one of sport's most demanding disciplines, requiring exceptional endurance and tactical intelligence across gruelling multi-day races. Career highlights included Olympic Gold 2020, UCI Road World Champion 2022, 2023, La Flèche Wallonne x5. Annemiek represented the kind of complete athlete that cycling produces only rarely — technically accomplished, physically conditioned and mentally equipped for the full demands of elite competition. Few athletes in cycling combined consistency and peak performance as effectively across the full span of a long and distinguished career. Competing at the highest level in cycling over an extended period demands not only physical gifts but the mental resilience to overcome setbacks and maintain standards — something Annemiek van Vleuten demonstrated throughout.
Olympic Gold 2020
Career Honours
- Olympic Gold 2020
- UCI Road World Champion 2022, 2023
- La Flèche Wallonne x5
- Giro Donne x4