Where is Annemiek van Vleuten Racing During Her Last Season?

Movistar superstar Annemiek Van Vleuten has announced that this year’s season will be her last, and she is not gently going into the good night. Van Vleuten's racing calendar, announced on her website this week, shows her confidence that she is stepping down from the pro ranks on top.

Van Vleuten, now 41, came to cycling on the advice of her physician following a knee injury 14 years ago and the rest, as is often said, is history. At the age of 28 and only a year after she took up the bike, she quit her full-time office job to become a pro cyclist, and it was clear from the beginning that it was the right decision. A year later, she won the UCI Women’s World Cup.

The reigning world champion has a dream calendar of races lined up for the 2023 season. She had announced last year that the Tour de France Femmes (which she won the inaugural edition of last year) and the Giro are priorities for her once again this year, but we won’t have to wait until summer to see her crush it. Her Classics schedule features some of our favorite early season one-day races.

Annemiek Van Vleuten’s Last Season Calendar

• Setmana Ciclista Valencia, February 16-19 (2022 winner)

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, February 25 (2022 winner)

• Strade Bianche, March 5 (2nd place in 2022)

• Tour of Flanders, April 2 (2nd place in 2022)

• Amstel Gold Race, April 16 (4th place in 2022)

• Flèche Wallonne, April 19 (2nd place in 2022)

• Liège-Bastogne-Liège, April 23 (2022 winner)

• Vuelta a España, May 1-7 (2022 winner)

• Dutch nationals, June 24

• Giro d’Italia, June 30 to July 9 (2022 winner)

• Tour de France Femmes, July 23-30 (2022 winner)

• World time trial championship, August 10 (7th place in 2022)

• World road race championship, August 12 (2022 winner)
  

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