Annemiek van Vleuten is a Dutch professional road cyclist born October 8, 1982, in Vleuten, Netherlands, who competed from 2009 to 2023 for teams including Rabobank-Liv, Mitchelton-Scott and Movistar before retiring at the end of the 2023 season. She won the UCI Road World Championship road race in 2019 and 2022 and the time trial in 2017 and 2018, Olympic gold in the 2020 time trial and silver in the road race, and dominated women's Grand Tours by winning the Giro Donne five times, the inaugural Tour de France Femmes in 2022 and La Vuelta Femenina in 2023, becoming the first woman to complete a Giro-Tour double in the same year in 2022; she also won the UCI Women's World Tour three times and classics including Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Strade Bianche.
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Career HighlightTwice winner of both the road race and the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, and Olympic time trial gold medallist at the delayed 2020 Games. 1 Classification
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What was the Giro-Tour double that Annemiek van Vleuten completed in 2022?
In 2022 she won both the Giro Donne and the first Tour de France Femmes, a first for a woman.
In 2022 Annemiek van Vleuten won both the Giro Donne and the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, and she became the first woman to complete a Giro-Tour double in the same year. She had also won La Vuelta Femenina in 2023, which means she has won all three of women's cycling grand tour equivalents.
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Annemiek van Vleuten (Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈmik fɑɱ ˈvløːtə(n)]; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
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Annemiek van Vleuten (Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈmik fɑɱ ˈvløːtə(n)]; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
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Van Vleuten is twice a winner of both the road race (2019 and 2022) and the time trial (2017 and 2018) at the UCI Road World Championships.
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Annemiek van Vleuten (Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈmik fɑɱ ˈvløːtə(n)]; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
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Annemiek van Vleuten (Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈmik fɑɱ ˈvløːtə(n)]; born 8 October 1982) is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
Competed In: Tour de France, Introduction
Van Vleuten has won all three of women's cycling Grand Tours equivalents - winning the Giro Donne in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, winning the inaugural Tour de France Femmes in 2022 and winning La Vuelta Femenina in 2023.
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