Annemiek van Vleuten

Annemiek van Vleuten

Van Vleuten in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Annemiek van Vleuten
Born	(1982-10-08) 8 October 1982 Vleuten, the Netherlands
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Team information
Current team	Orica–AIS
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2009–2011	DSB Bank–Nederland bloeit
2012–2014	Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team
2015	Bigla Pro Cycling Team
2016–	Orica-AIS
Major wins
UCI Women's Road World Cup UCI Women's Road World Cup (2011) Tour of Flanders (2011) Open de Suède Vargarda (2011) GP de Plouay (2011) One day races National Road Race champion (2012) National Time Trial champion (2014, 2016) Ronde van Drenthe (2010) GP Stad Roeselare (2012) 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg (2012) Omloop der Kempen (2013) Stage races La Route de France (2010) Lotto-Decca Tour (2014)
Medal record Road bicycle racing Representing  Netherlands European Games 2015 Baku Time trial World University Cycling Championship 2008 Nijmegen Time trial
Infobox last updated on 15 February 2012

Annemiek van Vleuten (born 8 October 1982) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who rides for Orica–AIS. In 2011, she won the UCI Women's Road World Cup.

Career

Together with Ellen van Dijk, Marianne Vos and Loes Gunnewijk, Van Vleuten represented The Netherlands in the Women's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was won by Vos.^[1] She also competed in the 2015 European Games for the Netherlands, in cycling, more specifically, Woman's time trial. She earned a bronze medal.

On 7 August 2016, while leading the road race at the 2016 Olympic Games, Van Vleuten crashed head first on the descent from Vista Chinesa after missing the brake timing of a sharp bend, 12 km (7.5 mi) before the finish.^[2][3] The crash resulted in her being hospitalised with three lumbar spinal fractures and a severe concussion.^[4] Though she was out of the race due to severe injuries, her fellow athlete Anna van der Breggen took home the gold medal for the Netherlands.

Palmarès

Van Vleuten won the 2014 Dutch Time Trial Championships, only 0.02 seconds ahead of Ellen van Dijk.

Source:^[5]

See also

• List of Dutch Olympic cyclists

References

1. ↑ "Annemiek van Vleuten - Events and results". london2012.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012. 
2. ↑ Kirshner, Alex (7 August 2016). "Annemiek van Vleuten crashes horrifically while leading women's Olympic cycling road race". Retrieved 7 August 2016. 
3. ↑ "Annemiek van Vleuten in stable condition after accident during women's road cycling race". Rio2016. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016. 
4. ↑ Westby, Matt (7 August 2016). "Annemiek van Vleuten suffers horror crash in Olympic road race". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 August 2016. 
5. ↑ Profile at Cycling Quotient
6. ↑ "Anna van der Breggen wins La Flèche Wallonne Féminine". cyclingnews.com. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015. 

External links

• Annemiek van Vleuten profile at Cycling Archives

Dutch National Road Champions – Women's time trial
1991: Ingrid Haringa 1992: Lenie Dijkstra 1993: Petra Grimbergen 1994: Maria Jongeling 1995: Jet Jongeling 1996: Willeke van der Weide 1997-2002: Leontien van Moorsel 2003: Jolanda van Dongen 2004: Mirjam Melchers 2005: Suzanne de Goede 2006: Loes Gunnewijk 2007: Ellen van Dijk 2008: Mirjam Melchers 2009: Regina Bruins 2010-2011: Marianne Vos 2012-2013: Ellen van Dijk 2014: Annemiek van Vleuten 2015: Anna van der Breggen 2016: Annemiek van Vleuten