Marianne Vos

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Marianne Vos
Personal information
Full name Marianne Vos
Date of birth May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13) (age 21)
Country Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Team information
Current team Team DSB Bank
Discipline Road, cyclo-cross, MTB
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2006
2007–
Team DSB-Ballast Nedam
Team DSB Bank
Major wins
World Road Race Champion (2006)
World Cyclo-cross Champion (2006)
World Points Race Champion (2008)
UCI Women's Road World Cup (2007)
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (2007)
Infobox last updated on:
March 30, 2008
Medal record
Competitor for the Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
World Championship
Gold 2006 Salzburg Elite road race
Silver 2007 Stuttgart Elite road race
Cyclo-cross
World Championship
Gold 2006 Zeddam Elite
Track Cycling
World Championship
Gold 2008 Manchester Points race

Marianne Vos, (pronunciation ) (born May 13, 1987 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added a track racing world championship by winning the points race in 2008. That made her the first woman to have world championships in road, track and cyclo-cross.

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[edit] Early years

Marianne Vos, who lives in the small village of Babyloniënbroek, started her career when she was six years old after she watched her older brother who was already a cyclist.[1] At first she trained with her brother's team as she was not allowed to participate in races; during the winter she started training in cyclo-cross as well. When she was eight, she was able to ride races.[1] Vos also participated in speed skating and inline speed skating. At 14 she replaced inline skating with mountain biking.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] 2002, 2003

In 2002 she won two national championships and finished second in another. She became Dutch mountain biking champion and won the national junior road race,[2][3] while she finished second in the Dutch time trial championship behind Roxanne Knetemann.[4] In 2003 Vos successfully defended her national junior mountain bike title.[2] At the time trial championships she again finished second, this time behind Maxime Groenewegen while 2002 champion Roxanne Knetemann finished fourth.[5]

[edit] 2004

Vos excelled in cyclo-cross for the first time in 2004 when she won her first international race in Gieten, beating Birgit Hollmann and Arenda Grimberg.[6] She finished third in the Dutch junior road race and time trial, unable to beat Ellen van Dijk who won both events.[7][8] Continuing her cycle-cross season she added wins in Surhuisterveen and Pijnacker-Nootdorp. In the last she beat Hanka Kupfernagel and Daphny van den Brand.[9][10] For the third straight time she became Dutch junior champion in mountain biking before heading to Verona for the junior road world championship.[2] Aged 17 and a first-year junior, Vos broke away in the final of five laps on the climb. She stayed clear and became world champion.[11] At the end of 2004 Vos was elected Sport FM Sportswoman of the year 2004[12]

[edit] 2005

As junior world champion Vos claimed her first Dutch junior national road title in front of 2004 champion Ellen van Dijk.[13] Van Dijk was able to defend her time trial title successfully before Maxime Groenewegen, while Vos finished third again.[14] Participating as a senior at the Dutch cyclo-cross championship Vos finished second behind Daphny van den Brand.[15] She then won her fourth Dutch junior mountain bike title, before winning a junior World Cup meeting in Houffalize.[2] She finished fourth at the world junior cyclo-cross championship and won a race held in Heeswijk a week later.[2] From then on Vos occasionally took part in senior road races. One was the Omloop van Borsele which she won by beating Adrie Visser.[16] Including Vos' world championship in 2004 The Netherlands had won the last three editions of the junior championship (the others being Loes Markerink in 2002 and Suzanne de Goede in 2003).[11] Vos's goal was to add a fourth title by defending her title in Salzburg, but she finished second behind Denmark's Mie Bekker Lacota.[17]

Vos went to cycle-cross again. Six weeks after her silver medal from Salzburg she won in Harderwijk and Suameer.[18][19] Her next aim was the European cyclo-cross championship in Pont-Château, France. She started in the élite field and was expected to assist Daphny van den Brand but instead beat the favourites, including van den Brand who won silver.[20] After the European championship she won two cyclo-crosses in Gieten and Loenhout.[21][22] Vos was named Sport FM Sportswoman of the year 2005'.'[12]

[edit] 2006

Vos won her first race of 2006 on 1 January in Pétange.[23] Less than a week later, the Dutch championship in Huijbergen was again a clash between Vos and van den Brand, this time van den Brand becoming champion while Vos took silver.[24] Vos then concentrated on the world cyclo-cross championship in her own country, in Zeddam. On 29 January 2006 she was in excellent form, with only Hanka Kupfernagel and Daphny van den Brand able to catch her. Van den Brand changed bikes and lost her lead, following at a minute to take bronze. The gold medal was decided in the last metres when Vos outsprinted Kupfernagel.[25]

During the 2006 road season Vos took part in the Gracia-Orlova Tour in the Czech Republic and won the 5th stage, 2:20 before the pack.[26] In that same week she won the Omloop van Borsele for the second time in a row, beating Vera Koedooder and Bertine Spijkerman.[27] In Spain she took part in the Emakumeen Bira and won the 1st stage.[28] She then travelled back to Holland for the national road championship in Maastricht. Vos showed up in the group containing all favourites and outsprinted Sharon van Essen and Suzanne de Goede to win the title.[29] On 28 June 2006 Vos was named Dutch Sports Talent of the year 2006 in front of pentathlete Laurien Hoos and gymnast Epke Zonderland. The additional award was handed to her by former swimming star Erica Terpstra.[30]

A few weeks later she was strongest in the Omloop van Valkenburg where she again finished in front of de Goede.[31] She still had the age of a junior and took part in the European road race championship in Valkenburg. She won the sprint against Italy's Tatiana Guderzo.[32] She went on to win two stages and overall in the Tour Féminin en Limousin[33]. In July, she won criteriums in Steenwijk, Draai van de Kaai, Oostvoorne and Pijnackerow.[34]

In August, she signed a five-year deal with the Dutch Team DSB-Ballast Nedam.[35] It wasn't long before she won her first race with DSB. At the end of the 4th stage of the Trophée d'Or Féminin Vos beat [[Tanja Schmidt-Hennes.[36]


With the silver medal won in 2005 in mind, Vos returned to Salzburg for the senior road race at the World Championship of road cycling. Vos remained in the bunch until Nicole Cooke started the action in the fifth of six laps. Cooke attacked on the second climb and only Nicole Brändli and Vos were able to catch her. A few others came back a few kilometres later. Judith Arndt left the group by herself. Vos made the jump to Arndt and they led for a few minutes until the chasers came back. From then, the group stayed together apart from attacks on either the flat road or the second climb. The race went to a sprint of 15 riders, Vos taking another rainbow jersey.[37]

In the 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships Vos won a bronze medal behind Daphny van den Brand and Hanka Kupfernagel.[38]

[edit] Outside sports

Vos is an ambassador for Youth United for Sri Lanka (YU4SL), set up by young people to help underprivileged people in Sri Lanka. Speed skater Ireen Wüst and other Dutch celebrities joined Vos as an ambassador.[39]

Her cat Chiapoessie is named after former Italian road racer Claudio Chiappucci (poes is Dutch for cat).[40]

[edit] Achievements

List of Marianne Vos' main achievements:[41][42]
2002
1st in Dutch National Championship Mountainbiking (Juniors)
1st in Dutch National Championship Road Cycling (Juniors)
2nd in Dutch National Championship Time Trial (Juniors)
2003
1st in Dutch National Championship Mountainbiking (Juniors)
2nd in Dutch National Championship Time Trial (Juniors)
2004
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Gieten
3rd in Dutch National Championship Road Cycling (Juniors)
3rd in Dutch National Championship Time Trial (Juniors)
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Surhuisterveen
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Pijnacker-Nootdorp
1st in Dutch National Championship Mountainbiking (Juniors)
1st in World Championship Road Cycling (Juniors)
2005
2nd in UCI Road World Championships Road Race (Juniors)
1st in European Championship Cyclo-cross
2nd in Flag of the Netherlands National Championship Cyclo-cross
1st in Flag of the Netherlands Dutch National Championship Road Cycling (Juniors)
3rd in Flag of the Netherlands National Championship Time Trial (Juniors)
1st in Flag of the Netherlands National Championship Mountain Biking (Juniors)
1st in Mountain Bike World Cup meeting in Houffalize (Juniors)
1st in Mountain Bike race in Heeswijk
1st in Omloop van Borsele
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Harderwijk
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Sumar
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Gieten
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Loenhout
2006
1st in UCI Road World Championships Road Race
1st in UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
1st in European Road Championships Road Race
3rd in UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships
1st in Flag of the Netherlands Dutch National Road Championships Road Race
2nd in Flag of the Netherlands Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st in Cyclo-cross race in Pétange
1st in 5th stage Gracia-Orlova
1st in Omloop van Borsele
1st in 1st stage Emakumeen Bira
1st in Omloop van Valkenburg
1st overall in Tour Féminin en Limousin
1st in 1st stage
1st in 3rd stage
1st in Criterium Steenwijk
1st in Draai van de Kaai
1st in Criterium Oostvoorne
1st in Criterium Pijnacker
1st in 4th stage Trophée d'Or Féminin
2007
1st in UCI Women's Road World Cup
1st in La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup)
1st in Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt (World Cup)
1st in Ronde van Gelderland (1.2 W)
1st in Overall, Giro di San Marino (2.1 W)
1st in Stage 1 ITT, Giro di San Marino (2.1 W)
1st in Stage 2, Giro di San Marino (2.1 W)
1st in Stage 3, Giro di San Marino (2.1 W)
1st in Omloop van Borsele (1.2 W)
1st in Stage 1, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (2.1 W)
1st in Stage 2, Emakumeen Bira (2.1 W)
1st in Stage 3, Emakumeen Bira (2.1 W)
2nd in Overall, Emakumeen Bira (2.1 W)
1st in Stage 2, Giro d'Italia Femminile (2.1 W)
2nd in UCI Road World Championships
2008

1st in UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Points Race

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Persoonlijke gegevens Marianne Vos, mariannevos.nl
  2. ^ a b c d e Mountain bike results, mariannevos.nl
  3. ^ NK NEDERLAND NIEUWELINGEN 2002, cyclebase.nl
  4. ^ NK NEDERLAND TIJDRIT NIEUWELINGEN 2002, cyclebase.nl
  5. ^ NK NEDERLAND TIJDRIT NIEUWELINGEN 2003, cyclebase.nl
  6. ^ Gieten, Cyclocross (V) 2004, dewielersite.net
  7. ^ NK NEDERLAND JUNIOREN 2004, cyclebase.nl
  8. ^ NK NEDERLAND TIJDRIT JUNIOREN 2004, cyclebase.nl
  9. ^ Surhuisterveen Centrumcross (V) 2004, dewielersite.net
  10. ^ Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Cyclocross (V) 2004, dewielersite.net
  11. ^ a b Vrooming Vos wins Junior crown, eurosport.com, 1 October 2004
  12. ^ a b Sport FM Verkiezing, mariannevos.nl
  13. ^ NK NEDERLAND JUNIOREN 2005, cyclebase.nl
  14. ^ NK NEDERLAND TIJDRIT JUNIOREN 2005, cyclebase.nl
  15. ^ NK Cyclocross, Elite, Nederland (V) 2005, dewielersite.net
  16. ^ OMLOOP VAN BORSELE 2005, cyclebase.nl
  17. ^ 2005 Junior World Championships Day 6 (Road Races), britishcycling.org
  18. ^ Harderwijk, Cyclocross (V) 2005, dewielersite.net
  19. ^ Suameer (Ned) 15 October 2005, mariannevos.nl
  20. ^ European Cyclo-Cross Championships 2005, britishcycling.org
  21. ^ Gieten, Cyclocross (V) 2005, dewielersite.net
  22. ^ Loenhout, Cyclocross (V) 2005, dewielersite.net
  23. ^ Pétange, cyclocross (V) 2006, dewielersite.net
  24. ^ NK Cyclocross, Elite, Nederland (V) 2006, dewielersite.nl
  25. ^ Vos takes Cyclo-cross world championships at the line, cyclingnews.com, 29 January 2006
  26. ^ Gracia - Orlova (V) 2006, dewielersite.net
  27. ^ OMLOOP VAN BORSELE 2006, cyclebase.nl
  28. ^ Emakumeen Bira (V) 2006, dewielersite.net
  29. ^ NK NEDERLAND 2006, cyclebase.nl
  30. ^ Vos gekozen tot Talent van het Jaar, wielerrevue.nl, 28 June 2006
  31. ^ OMLOOP VAN VALKENBURG 2006, cyclebase.nl
  32. ^ EK op de weg, Beloften (V) 2006, dewielersite.net
  33. ^ Tour Féminin en Limousin 2006, dewielersite.net
  34. ^ Marianne Vos:Wielrennen, mariannevos.nl
  35. ^ Vos with DSB for five years, cyclingnews.com, 7 August 2006
  36. ^ Trophée d'Or Féminin 2006, dewielersite.net
  37. ^ Vos takes her second rainbow in a year, cyclingnews.com, 23 September 2006
  38. ^ EC Cyclo-cross 2006, wielercomite-huybergen.nl]
  39. ^ Cooperation of our YU4SL ambassadors, yu4sl.com
  40. ^ Interview on NOS Studio Sport, omroep.nl
  41. ^ Uitslagen van Marianne Vos, Dewielersite.net
  42. ^ Marianne Vos Results, cyclebase.nl
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Flag of Germany Regina Schleicher
World Road Race Champion
2006
Succeeded by
Flag of Italy Marta Bastianelli
Preceded by
Flag of Germany Hanka Kupfernagel
World Cyclo-cross Champion
2006
Succeeded by
Flag of France Maryline Salvetat
Preceded by
Flag of the United Kingdom Nicole Cooke
UCI Women's Road World Cup Champion
2007
Succeeded by
To be determined