Annika Langvad

Annika Langvad (born 22 March 1984) is a Danish former racing cyclist, who rode for Specialized Racing in cross-country mountain bike racing. Langvad is a five-time World Champion in mountain bike racing, winning four titles in mountain bike marathon and one in cross-country. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she, riding in this time for the Team FujiBikes Rockets since 2011,due to compete in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, but had to withdraw two weeks before due to a broken rib. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she placed 11th in the Women's cross-country. On October 9th, 2020, she announced her retirement.[2]

Annika Langvad
Langvad in 2011
Personal information
Full nameAnnika Langvad
Born (1984-03-22) 22 March 1984
Silkeborg, Denmark
Team information
Current teamSpecialized Racing
Discipline
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Professional teams
2011-2012Fujibikes Rockets (MTB)
2013Davinci–Specialized (MTB)
2014–Specialized Racing (MTB)
2019Boels–Dolmans (road)[1]

From 2014, Langvad and her Swiss Spur-Specialized teammate Ariane Kleinhans won the women's category of Absa Cape Epic three consecutive times. In 2015, they won by a significant margin of an hour and 18 minutes. Langvad won the Cape Epic a total of five times during her career.[3] Also in 2015, Langvad won the Leadville 100, becoming the first woman to ride that race under 7 hours. In 2016, Langvad won the world championship in Women's cross-country and also placed second in the UCI World Cup rankings for Cross Country, only 24 points behind the leader, Catharine Pendrel. She went on to finish as runner-up in the cross-country World Cup standings a second time in 2018. On the road, she won the Danish road race championship in 2010, was a three-time Danish time trial champion, and finished sixth in the 2013 individual time trial World Championship. She rode the 2019 season on the road with Boels–Dolmans, during which she finished second at Strade Bianche, fourth at the Amstel Gold Race, and third at Flèche Wallonne.[3]

References
  1. Ostanek, Daniel (3 December 2018). "Boels-Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad". Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/annika-langvad-announces-immediate-retirement-from-professional-xc-racing.html
  3. "Annika Langvad announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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