Marianne VosDate of birth May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13) (age 20)
Country Netherlands
Current team Team DSB Bank
Discipline Road, cyclo-cross, MTB
Team DSB Bank
Major wins
World Road Race Champion (2006)
World Cyclo-cross Champion (2006)
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (2007)
Infobox last updated on:
July 27, 2007
Medal record
Road bicycle racing
World Championship
Gold 2006
World Junior Championship
Gold 2004
Silver 2005
European Championship
Gold 2006
Cyclo-cross
World Championship
Gold 2006
European Championship
Gold 2005
Bronze 2006
(born May 13, 1987 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch cyclo-cross and road bicycle racer. After winning a Junior European and World Championships title in road racing she continued her winning streak in senior cycling by becoming World Champion in both cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19.
Early years
Marianne Vos, currently living in small village of Babyloniënbroek, started her career when she was six years old after she was watching her older brother who already was a cyclist.[1] At first she was only training at her brother's team as she was not yet allowed to participate in races; during the winter she started training in cycle-cross as well. When she was eight, she was finally able to participate in races and was successful immediately. Vos was mad for sports and besides road cycling and cyclo-cross, also participated in speed skating and inline speed skating. At the of 14 she dropped the inline speed skating, but replaced it with mountain biking. As of 2006, she still takes part in all of these sports, although not as often in speed skating.
Professional career
2002, 2003
Her first notable national results came in 2002 when she won two National Championships and finished in second position in another one. She became Dutch mountain biking champion and also took the Dutch title at the National Junior road race, 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. At the time trial championships she again finished in second position, this time behind Maxime Groenewegen while 2002 champion Roxanne Knetemann finished fourth.
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 3rd in the Dutch Junior road race and time trial being unable to beat Ellen van Dijk who won both events. Continuing in her cycle-cross season she added another two wins in Surhuisterveen and Pijnacker-Nootdorp. In the last race she beat cycle-cross legends Hanka Kupfernagel and Daphny van den Brand.[9][10] For the third straight time she became Dutch Junior champion in mountain bike before heading to Verona for the Junior road race World Championships. Still only 17 years of age and only a first-year junior Vos broke away from the pack in the final of five laps at the major climb of the circuit. No one was able to catch up with her and she kept advantage until she reached the finish line and became World Champion. At the end of 2004 Vos was chosen as Sport FM Sportswoman of the year 2004
2005
Vos during cycle-crossAs being Junior World Champion Vos claimed her first Dutch Junior national road title by finishing in front of 2004 champion Ellen van Dijk. Van Dijk was able to defend her time trial title successfully before Maxime Groenewegen, while Vos finished in third position at this event again. Participating as a senior at the Dutch National cyclo-cross Championship Vos showed her talent among the favourites and finished in silver medal position behind Daphny van den Brand. She then won her fourth straight Dutch Junior mountain bike title, before winning a Junior World Cup meeting in Houffalize. She finished fourth at the World Junior cyclo-cross Championship, but was able to win a race held in Heeswijk a week later. From then on Vos occasionally took part in senior road races. One of those was the Omloop van Borsele which she was able to win by beating Adrie Visser who finished second. Including Vos' World Championship win in 2004 The Netherlands had won the last three editions of the Junior Championships (the others being Loes Markerink in 2002 and Suzanne de Goede in 2003). Vos's goal was to add a fourth title to this list by defending her title in Salzburg, but was only able to finish second behind Danish Mie Bekker Lacota.
Once the road race was over Vos went over to cycle-cross again. Where everyone would have become tired after such a season Vos was going to improve her skills even more. Just six weeks after her silver medal from Salzburg she won her next cyclo-cross races in Harderwijk and Sumar. Her next aim was the European cyclo-cross Championships which were held in Pont-Château, France. She now started in the elite field and was expected to assist Daphny van den Brand towards her European title, but instead of that she excelled herself by beating all the favourites including Van den Brand who won silver. After the European Championship she was also able to win another two cyclo-cross races in Gieten and Loenhout. For the second time Vos was chosen as Sport FM Sportswoman of the year 2005'.'[12]
2006
With the cyclo-cross season crossing the 2005/06 border Vos already won her first race of 2006 on 1 January when she won the race in Pétange. Not even a week later the Dutch National Championships were held in Huijbergen. Again it became a clash between Vos and Van den Brand, this time Van den Brand being the better side and becoming Dutch Champion, while Vos took the silver. Vos then concentrated on the World cyclo-cross Championships held in her own country in Zeddam. On 29 January 2006 Marianne Vos was in excellent form cycling in the lead of the race from start to finish with only Hanka Kupfernagel and Daphny van den Brand able to catch up with her. Van den Brand had to change bikes and lost her spot in the lead, following in about a minute to take the bronze at the end. The decision of who would take the gold was decided in the last metres of the race when Vos out-sprinted Kupfernagel to claim the World title.
During the 2006 road race season Vos took part in the Gracia-Orlova tour in the Czech Republic, where she won the 5th stage finishing 2.20 minutes before the pack arrived. In that same week she won the Omloop van Borsele for the second time in a row, this time beating Vera Koedooder and Bertine Spijkerman. In Spain she took part in the Emakumeen Bira and was able to win the 1st stage. She then travelled back to Holland to participate in the National road race Championship. Vos showed up in the group containing all favourites and as the finish approached she showed her sprinting skills by out-sprinting Sharon van Essen and Suzanne de Goede to win the Dutch title in Maastricht. On 28 June 2006 Vos was named as Dutch Sports Talent of the year 2006 finishing in front of pentathlete Laurien Hoos and gymnast Epke Zonderland. The additional award was handed to her by former swimming legend Erica Terpstra.
A few weeks later another win was to be added to her achievements list when she was the strongest during the Omloop van Valkenburg where she again finished in front of Suzanne de Goede. She still had the age of a junior and therefore took part in the European road race Championship in Valkenburg. The final sprint of the race went between Vos and Italian Tatiana Guderzo, which was won by Vos, who won another major titlel She then went on to win two stages and the overall classification in the Tour Féminin en Limousin. In July, she proved to be a good cyclist in criteriums as well, winning four of those (Steenwijk, Draai van de Kaai, Oostvoorne and Pijnacker) in a row
Vos claims World Championship titleIn August, she signed a five-year deal with the Dutch Team DSB-Ballast Nedam, starting immediately. It didn't last long until she won her first race as being a member of the DSB team. At the end of the 4th stage of the Trophée d'Or Féminin Vos passed the finish line first, before Tanja Schmidt-Hennes, a decent preparation for the World Championships.
With the silver medal won in 2005 in mind, Vos returned to Salzburg to take part in the senior road race at the World Championship of road cycling. As the race went underway, Vos remained in the bunch until Nicole Cooke started the action in the 5th out of 6 laps. Cooke attacked on the second climb of the circuit and only Nicole Brändli and Marianne Vos were able to catch up with her. When the three went over the top, only a few others were able to come back a few kilometres later. Later, Judith Arndt started a breakaway and left the group by herself, taking some distance. Vos made the jump towards Arndt and were leading the race only for a few minutes when the chasers came back. From then on, the group mainly stayed together, apart from some attacks on either the flat road or the second climb. The race went on to a sprint with 15 riders, in which Vos was the strongest to claim another rainbow jersey.
In the 2006 UCI Cyclo-cross European Championships Vos was unable to defend her title, but managed to win a bronze medal, finishing in third place behind Daphny van den Brand and Hanka Kupfernagel.
Outside sports
Vos is an ambassador for Youth United for Sri Lanka (YU4SL), which is a foundation set up by young people whose goal is to help underprivileged people in Sri Lanka. Speed skater Ireen Wüst and several other Dutch celebrities joined Vos as an ambassador.[39] She combines her sport the upcoming years with her medicine study in Nijmegen.
Achievements
List of Marianne Vos' main achievements:
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 National Championship Cyclo-cross
1st in Dutch National Championship Road Cycling (Juniors)
3rd in National Championship Time Trial (Juniors)
1st in 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 Dutch National Road Championships Road Race
2nd in 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 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (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)
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