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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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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.
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]
National Championships National Championships National Championships Road race Time trial Time trial, National Championships Time trial, National Championships Cross-country, National Championships Cross-country, National Championships
Marathon, UCI World Championships
Marathon, UCI World Championships Cross-country, National Championships Marathon, UCI World Championships Cross-country, National Championships Cross-country, National Championships Marathon, UCI World Championships Cross-country, National Championships
Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
Overall Swiss Epic (with Ariane Kleinhans) Cross-country, National Championships Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
Marathon, UCI World Championships Cross-country, UCI World Championships Cross-country, National Championships Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi) Marathon, UCI World Championships Cross-country, National Championships Marathon, UCI World Championships Cross-country, National Championships Marathon, National Championships Overall Cape Epic (with Kate Courtney) Cross-country, UCI World Championships Overall Cape Epic (with Anna van der Breggen) Cross-country, National Championships Marathon, National Championships Overall Swiss Epic (with Haley Batten)
