Marianne Vos

Was Tadej Pogačar’s 2024 the best season ever? We rank cycling’s greatest individual years, from Burton and Coppi to Vos and Pogačar

25 wins in 58 race days, a Giro-Tour double, two monuments and a world title, and much else besides – Pogačar’s 2024 was one for the ages. But how does it compare to cycling’s other history-making seasons?

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Kristen Faulkner launches late solo attack to win 2024 Paris Olympic women’s cycling road race

The US rider shocked all pre-race favourites in a thrilling race, as Netherland’s all-time great Marriane Vos and Belgium’s world champion Lotte Kopecky took silver and bronze respectively in a sprint photo finish

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“Steals it on the line!”: Lorena Wiebes left red-faced as early celebration lets Marianne Vos snatch Amstel Gold Race win

Late drama came after women's race had earlier been neutralised for some time following a collision involving a police officer elsewhere on the route

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Spectator who threw cup of drink at Marianne Vos at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad to be questioned by police

The Dutch multi-discipline star said after winning the race: “I did get something over me… It is a shame but yes, it happened”

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World Bicycle Relief gives fans opportunity to win World Championship pro bikes

Fans have a chance to secure one of four pro bikes

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From Coppi to Van Vleuten: Cycling’s greatest ever seasons

This year Annemiek van Vleuten achieved an unprecedented quadruple, winning the Giro, Tour, Vuelta, and world road race title in one glorious season. Where does the 40-year-old’s sensational 2022 rank among the greatest ever individual seasons?

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Marianne Vos secures record eighth world cyclocross title

The Dutch rider outsprinted compatriot Lucinda Brand after a pulsating tactical duel to further cement her status as one of the greatest ever cyclists

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Want to buy Wout van Aert’s Mont Ventoux stage-winning Cervélo? Here’s how much it will cost you

Team Jumbo-Visma are hosting an end of season auction with Primož Roglič, Marianne Vos and Jonas Vingegaard amongst the riders whose bikes could be yours (for a sizeable fee)

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What do you think of the new Ineos Grenadiers kit from Bioracer? Plus Cervelo, Rapha, 4iii, CeramicSpeed and + more in our weekly tech roundup

Check out all of the week’s big – and not so big – tech stories, including a bike that COULD be ridden at over 300km/h

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Cervelo officially unveils R5-CX, its first production cyclocross bike

New model is already being ridden by Wout van Aert and Marianne Vos

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