Annika Langvad Explained

Annika Langvad
Fullname:Annika Langvad
Birth Date:22 March 1984
Birth Place:Silkeborg, Denmark
Currentteam:Specialized Racing
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Cross-country
Proyears1:2011–2012
Proteam1:Fujibikes Rockets (MTB)
Proyears2:2013
Proteam2:Davinci–Specialized (MTB)
Proyears3:2014–
Proteam3:Specialized Racing (MTB)
Proyears4:2019
Proteam4: (road)[1]
Majorwins:
Cyclo-cross
  • Mountain bike
  • World XC Championships (2016)
  • World Marathon Championships
    (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018)
  • National XC Championships (2009–2018, 2020)
  • XC World Cup
  • 6 individual wins (20152018)
  • Cape Epic (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
    RoadOne-day races and Classics
  • National Road Race Championships (2010)
  • National Time Trial Championships (2010, 2011, 2013)
  • 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.

    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, during which she finished second at Strade Bianche, fourth at the Amstel Gold Race, and third at Flèche Wallonne. 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
    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)

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Boels-Dolmans finalise roster with MTB champion Annika Langvad. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclist. Dennis Publishing Limited. 3 December 2018. 5 February 2019.
    2. Web site: Annika Langvad announces retirement . . 10 October 2020 . . 10 October 2020.
    3. Web site: Annika Langvad Announces Immediate Retirement from Professional XC Racing. 9 October 2020.