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.
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| Full name | Annika Langvad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1984 Silkeborg, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Specialized Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–2012 | Fujibikes Rockets (MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Davinci–Specialized (MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Specialized Racing (MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Boels–Dolmans (road)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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.[2] 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.[2] On 9 October 2020, she announced her retirement.[3]
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 2010–2011
- 1st
National Championships - 2013–2014
- 1st National Championships
- 2014–2015
- 1st National Championships
- 3rd Kronborg
Gravel
- 2023
- UCI World Series
- 2nd Halmstad
Road
- 2010
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2011
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 2013
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 6th Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 2019
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
Mountain bike
- 2009
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 2010
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 3rd
Marathon, UCI World Championships - 2011
- 1st
Marathon, UCI World Championships - 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 2012
- 1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 2013
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 2014
- 1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st
Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi) - 1st
Overall Swiss Epic (with Ariane Kleinhans) - UCI XCO World Cup
- 3rd Windham
- 2015
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
- 2nd
Marathon, UCI World Championships - 2nd Overall Swiss Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
- 3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Val di Sole
- 3rd Windham
- 2016
- 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
- 1st Roc d'Azur
- 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Cairns
- 1st Albstadt
- 2nd Lenzerheide
- 2017
- 1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Nové Město
- 2nd Vallnord
- UCI Marathon Series
- 1st Attakwas Extreme
- 1st Roc d'Azur
- 2018
- 1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st Marathon, National Championships
- 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Kate Courtney)
- 2nd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
- 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
- 1st Stellenbosch
- 1st Nové Město
- 2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 3rd La Bresse
- UCI XCC World Cup
- 1st Albstadt
- 1st Nové Město
- 1st Val di Sole
- 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
- 1st La Bresse
- 2nd Vallnord
- 2019
- 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Anna van der Breggen)
- 2020
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st Marathon, National Championships
- 1st Overall Swiss Epic (with Haley Batten)
References
- Ostanek, Daniel (3 December 2018). "Boels-Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad". Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- "Annika Langvad announces retirement". cyclingnews.com. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- "Annika Langvad Announces Immediate Retirement from Professional XC Racing". 9 October 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Annika Langvad at Cycling Archives
- Annika Langvad at ProCyclingStats
- Annika Langvad at MTBCrossCountry.com