1. Marianne Vos was a founding member of Le Tour Entier, which campaigned for a Women's Tour de France and improvements to women's cycling generally.
71 Facts About Marianne Vos
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Marianne Vos has drawn comparison to Eddy Merckx as being "the finest cyclist of [her] generation".
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Marianne Vos was born in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant and lives in the small village of Babylonienbroek.
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Marianne Vos started her career when she was six years old after watching her older brother who was already a cyclist.
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Marianne Vos became Dutch mountain biking champion and won the national junior road race, while she finished second in the Dutch time trial championship behind Roxane Knetemann.
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In 2003 Marianne Vos successfully defended her national junior mountain bike title.
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In 2004, Marianne Vos excelled in cyclo-cross for the first time when she won her first international race in Gieten, beating Birgit Hollmann and Arenda Grimberg.
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Marianne Vos finished third in the Dutch junior road race and time trial, unable to beat Ellen van Dijk who won both events.
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Aged 17 and a first-year junior, Marianne Vos broke away in the final of five laps on the climb.
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In 2005, junior world champion Marianne Vos claimed her first Dutch junior national road title in front of 2004 champion Ellen van Dijk.
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Van Dijk was able to defend her time trial title successfully before Maxime Groenewegen, while Marianne Vos finished third again.
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Marianne Vos then won her fourth Dutch junior mountain bike title, before winning a junior World Cup meeting in Houffalize.
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Marianne Vos finished fourth at the world junior cyclo-cross championship and won a race held in Heeswijk a week later.
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Marianne 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.
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Marianne Vos started in the elite field and was expected to assist Daphny van den Brand but instead beat the favourites, including van den Brand who won silver.
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Marianne Vos was named Sport FM Sportswoman of the year 2005.
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In 2006, Marianne Vos won her first race on 1 January in Petange.
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Marianne Vos then concentrated on the world cyclo-cross championship in her own country, in Zeddam.
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Marianne Vos then travelled back to the Netherlands for the national road championship in Maastricht.
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Marianne Vos cycled in a group containing all the favourites for the race and outsprinted Sharon van Essen and Suzanne de Goede to win the title.
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On 28 June 2006 Marianne Vos was named Dutch Sports Talent of the year 2006 ahead of pentathlete Laurien Hoos and gymnast Epke Zonderland.
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Marianne Vos was still in the junior age category and took part in the European road race championship in Valkenburg.
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Marianne Vos went on to win two stages and overall in the Tour Feminin en Limousin.
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Marianne Vos remained in the bunch until Nicole Cooke started the action in the fifth of six laps.
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Cooke attacked on the second climb and only Nicole Brandli and Marianne Vos were able to catch her.
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Marianne Vos made the jump to Arndt and they led for a few minutes until the chasers came back.
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The race went to a sprint of 15 riders, with Marianne Vos taking another rainbow jersey.
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In 2007, Marianne Vos won La Fleche Wallonne Feminine and the Rund um die Nurnberger Altstadt World Cup events before going on to win the series overall.
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In 2008, Marianne Vos added a track cycling world title to her list when she won the women's points race at the track cycling world championships.
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Marianne Vos became Olympic points race champion at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
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In 2009, Marianne Vos started by winning the cyclo-cross world championships.
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Marianne Vos had success on the road, as she won La Fleche Wallonne Feminine for the third time.
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In 2010, Marianne Vos became cyclo-cross world champion again and won the silver medal in the road world championships for the fourth time in a row.
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In 2011, Marianne Vos won the Giro d'Italia Femminile, winning 5 stages in the process as well as the points and mountains classifications.
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Marianne Vos won the scratch race in the track world championships, and the world cyclo-cross championship.
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Marianne Vos was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.
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Marianne Vos then raced in the Giro Donne, where for the second year running she won five stages and the general classification.
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In 2013, Marianne Vos started off her year with yet another dominant performance at the 2013 cyclo-cross world championships, winning her fifth world championship in a row, and her sixth overall.
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Marianne Vos took little time off after her unprecedented fifth consecutive title, winning mountain bike races and then taking her first win at the Tour of Flanders by outsprinting Ellen van Dijk.
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Marianne Vos finished 15 seconds ahead of the second and third placed riders.
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In 2014, Marianne Vos started the year with a record seventh world championship in cyclo-cross.
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Marianne Vos won the first edition of The Women's Tour.
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In 2015, Marianne Vos started the year with a 3rd place in the cyclo-cross world championships.
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Marianne Vos then switched to mountain biking, with an eye on participating in that discipline in the Rio Olympics.
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Marianne Vos won her first race, but broke a rib preparing for a race in Austria.
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In 2016, Marianne Vos recovered and won her first World Tour race in stage 3 of the Tour of California.
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Marianne Vos was one of four women selected for the Dutch national team for the 2016 Summer Olympics that same month.
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Marianne Vos finished in 9th place in the Olympic road race, which was won by her teammate Anna van der Breggen.
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In 2017, Marianne Vos won a silver medal at the cyclo-cross world championships.
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Marianne Vos won the road race at the European championships in Herning, Denmark and the general classification in the Ladies Tour of Norway stage race.
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In 2018, Marianne Vos won a silver medal at the 2018 European championships in Glasgow.
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Marianne Vos won two Women's World Tour events: the Open de Suede Vargarda and the Ladies Tour of Norway for the second year running.
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Marianne Vos won all three stages, the general and the points classification of that race.
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In 2019, Marianne Vos started the year with a bronze medal at the cyclo-cross world championships in Bogense.
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Marianne Vos was now tied with Maria Canins for most wins in this race.
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In 2020, Marianne Vos won the points classification at the Giro Rosa, as well as 3 stage wins.
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In 2022, Marianne Vos started the year with an eighth cyclo-cross world championship title in Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the end of a fierce head-to-head battle with defending champ Lucinda Brand.
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Marianne Vos participated in first edition of Tour de France Femmes.
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Marianne Vos won stage 2 to Provins, defeating Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Elisa Longo Borghini and Silvia Persico in the sprint.
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Marianne Vos took the early lead in the points classification.
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Marianne Vos then won Stage 6 from Saint-Die-des-Vosges to Rosheim, gaining a comfortable lead in the points classification and making Tour de France history by being the first woman to win a stage while wearing the yellow jersey.
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Marianne Vos fell out of contention for the yellow jersey after stage 7, but still maintained the lead in the points classification.
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Ultimately, Marianne Vos finished 26th in the general classification, 36 mins and 56 secs behind winner Annemiek van Vleuten.
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In 2023, Marianne Vos won the points classification at La Vuelta Femenina, as well as two stages.
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In 2024, Marianne Vos won the Amstel Gold Race for the second time.
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At La Vuelta Femenina, Marianne Vos won the points classification for the second year in succession, as well as winning two stages.
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At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's road race, Marianne Vos won a silver medal by beating Lotte Kopecky in a sprint for second place.
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At the Tour de France Femmes, Marianne Vos won the points classification for the second time.
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At the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, following her first stage win, Marianne Vos revealed she has been in a relationship with fellow Dutch cyclist Moniek Tenniglo.
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Marianne Vos is an ambassador for the Dutch charity Jeugdsportfonds which financially supports children of poor families who want to join a sports club.
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Marianne Vos is an ambassador for Youth United for Sri Lanka, set up by young people to help underprivileged people in Sri Lanka.