About Annika Langvad
Born 1984. Annika Langvad is a Danish sport cyclist.
Annika Langvad (born 22 March 1984) is a Danish racing cyclist, who riding 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 six times during her career. 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.
Major results Cyclo-cross
2010–2011
2013–2014
2014–2015
3rd Kronborg
Gravel 2023 UCI World Series 2nd Halmstad
Road
2010 National Championships
2011
2013
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
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
UCI XCO World Cup 3rd Windham 2015
2nd Overall Swiss Epic (with Ariane Lüthi) 3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Val di Sole 3rd Windham 2016
1st Roc d'Azur 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Cairns 1st Albstadt 2nd Lenzerheide 2017
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Nové Město 2nd Vallnord UCI Marathon Series 1st Attakwas Extreme 1st Roc d'Azur 2018
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
2020
2025
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Who is Annika Langvad?
Danish cyclist, born 1984
When was Annika Langvad born?
Annika Langvad was born on 22 March 1984 in Silkeborg.
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Annika Langvad is a sport cyclist.
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Annika Langvad is Danish.
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