Annemiek van Vleuten, one of the best in history, retires at 40 with a legendary track record

Annemiek van Vleuten, one of the best in history, retires at 40 with a legendary track record

Annemiek van Vleuten, one of the best in history, retires at 40 with a legendary track record

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The Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten, one of the best runners in history, if not the bestplayed last Sunday, September 10, his last career as a professional, before his retirement. Van Vleuten, who will turn 41 on October 8, treasures in his sporting career a legendary track recordwhich includes triumphs in all the most prestigious races at the international level, for an impressive total of 104 wins.

Annemiek van Vleuten was born in the town of Vleuten, in the Netherlands, and He debuted as a professional in 2007, at the age of 24.. In his career, he has belonged, always in the elite, to the teams Vrienden van het Platteland, DSB Bank, Nederland bloeit, Rabobank, Bigla, Orica, Mitchelton, and, since 2021, Movistar. She won her first race as a professional on April 11, 2010, in the Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe, and, since then, in the following 12 years, she has only added to a history of victories that places her, along with other greats such as the also Dutch Marianne Vos and Anna van der Breggen, the French Jeannie Longo and the German Judith Arndt, among the best of all time.

Van Vleuten, among his results, presents a victory in the Tour de Francein 2022, four overall victories in the Giro d’Italiain 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, three absolute victories in the Vuelta a Españain 2021, 2022 and 2023, two victories in the Tour of Flanders and two other victories in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. With the selection of his country, He has won the World Road Championship twicein 2019 and in 2022, in two other editions the World Time Trial Championshipin 2017 and 2018, and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in time trials. In total, she is the owner of two Olympic medals (one gold and one silver) and nine world medals (four gold, three silver and two bronze), including the road and time trial medals, to which there are to add another one, silver, on the track.

The rider, who has competed in her last event in the Simac Ladies Tour and has crossed her last finish line in Arnhem (Netherlands), says goodbye to the competition from the top, after a season in which, once again, she has won in several of the most important races on the international calendar.

Source: Eitb

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