With her incredible track record, Dutchwoman Marianne Vos has had some great moments on her bike. Wearing the yellow jersey was part of his dreams. She took over the race on July 25 in Provins.
From our special correspondent on the Tour de France Women,
Three times road world champion, Olympic road and track champion, eight times cyclo-cross world champion, not to mention her 32 stages in the Giro d’Italia. With her incredible track record, Marianne Vos is the greatest active cycling champion.
There was only one dream left for her to accomplish: to wear the yellow jersey in the Women’s Tour de France. At 35, the little girl who was going to see the runners pass by with her family has fulfilled her last wish. Monday July 25, in the streets of Provinsshe took the leader’s tunic.
” It’s special to wear the yellow jersey »
” It’s special for me. I got what I couldn’t even hope for a few years ago. I shared this moment with people close to me. It was cool. It’s special to wear the yellow jersey “, comments the Dutchwoman who campaigned for the return of a women’s Tour de France.
And obviously, the weight of the years has no hold on his ogre appetite. ” Age is just a numbershe said bluntly. I feel good. The most important thing is to have success and motivation. As long as I’m healthy, I continue. I always enjoy training. With the team, we are all very motivated to work together and give the best of ourselves. The experience obviously helps me, especially in the final races. That doesn’t mean I don’t make mistakes. We always learn. »
” She’s our best spokesperson »
This Tour de France is important for Marianne Vos. ” Nine years ago, when we ran for the first time on the Champs-Élysées (The race By Le Tour de France, editor’s note)I did not expect it to happen so quickly “, she admits. Today, the reality is there. The women’s peloton also makes the good days of the public in July on the roads of the women’s Tour de France. Gamine, with her brother, she was going to chase autographs at the team bus. With her parents, she saw the runners climb the Alpes d’Huez. Now active riders like Britain’s Mark Cavendish are full of praise for the champion. ” She’s our best spokesperson sums up the race director, Marion Rousse. A godsend for this event which is making a comeback, after more than thirty years of absence.
Today, Marianne Vos, who started cycling at the age of 6, is delighted to be able to put her wheels where this sport has made her dream so much. Like on Paris-Roubaix, where she admits to having felt magic when entering the velodrome. In the inaugural edition for women, in October 2021, she finished second.
Marianne Vos was 21 when she was the first cyclist to win a world championship title in three different disciplines: road, track and cyclo-cross. ” If you do what you love and if you love what you do, I think you are happy. “, she said recently in the daily The Team.