Marlen Reusser (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.[4]
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| Full name | Marlen Reusser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Flying Elephant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1991 Jegenstorf, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68–72 kg (150–159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team SD Worx–Protime | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | WCC Team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Bigla–Katusha[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Alé BTC Ljubljana[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | SD Worx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editShe took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed relay triathlons as an amateur. She entered the road events of the Swiss national cycling championships in 2017, a few months after receiving a racing licence and whilst in the final year of studies for a degree in medicine: she won the time trial and was runner up in the road race. Her success earned her selection for that year's European Road Championships.[4] She also rode in the women's time trial event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships.[5] In 2019 Reusser took up a place at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, deciding to ride full-time. During her year with the WCC she finished third at the BeNe Ladies Tour and sixth in the World Championship individual time trial.[4]
The following year she took a top 10 finish at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[4] She also rode in the individual time trial at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Imola, where she won the silver medal.[6]
For the 2021 season, Reusser joined the Alé BTC Ljubljana team, following the collapse of Équipe Paule Ka.[7] She rode in the individual time trial at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Brugge, where she won the bronze medal.
After one season there, she joined SD Worx in 2022.[4] She won stage 4 of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes in a solo breakaway. She was also named most combative rider for the day. She rode in the individual time trial at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, where she won the bronze medal - as well as the mixed team relay where she won the gold medal.
In 2023, Reusser won Gent–Wevelgem, as well as the Itzulia Women and Tour de Suisse Women stage races. At the Tour de France Femmes, she won the stage 8 time trial in Pau.[8]
Personal life
editMarleen Reusser grew up in a farming family in the Swiss Emmental. Until 16 she played violin, and participated at an arts support program at the University of the Arts Bern. In school she started running, after a couple of ankle injuries she switched to swimming and cycling. 2008–2009 she was president of the Bernese Young Greens. After matura she studied medicine and worked as assistant doctor for surgery. 2017–2018 she was in the board of the Emmental Green Party. During the preparation for the road world championship 2018 in Innsbruck, she worked part time as a doctor in the Langnau hospital.[9][10][11]
Major results
edit- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 2018
- 4th Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Chrono des Nations
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
Time trial, European Games
- 1st Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT
- 3rd BeNe Ladies Tour
- 3rd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
- 4th SwissEver GP Cham–Hagendorn
- 5th Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup
- 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2020
- 1st
- UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd
Time trial
- 10th Road race
- 2nd
- UEC European Road Championships
- 2nd
Team relay
- 3rd
Time trial
- 2nd
- 5th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
- 2021
- UEC European Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 7th Road race
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Chrono des Nations
- 2nd Overall Challenge by La Vuelta
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 2nd
Time trial, Olympic Games
- 2nd
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 4th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 2022
- UCI Road World Championships
- 1st
Team relay
- 3rd
Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour
- 4th Brabantse Pijl
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 2023
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT) Tour de France
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Vuelta a Burgos
- 6th Brabantse Pijl
- 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Tour of Flanders
References
edit- ^ "WCC Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Bigla – Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Ale' BTC Ljubljana". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Jary, Rachel (24 February 2022). "Amateur to Olympic medallist in two years: Marlen Reusser on her fast-track to the top". Rouleur. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "World Championships WE - ITT 2017 Time trial results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (24 September 2020). "Van der Breggen wins time trial title at Imola World Championships". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (27 October 2020). "Marlen Reusser signs with Alé BTC Ljubljana in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Vollering wins Tour de France Femmes title". BBC Sport. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Sport aktuell, SRF, 24 September 2018
- ^ Die wahre Grenze liegt im Kopf, Selina Stucki, Der Bund, 24 September 2018.
- ^ Die velofahrende Ärztin (The cycling doctor), Berner Zeitung, 23 March 2018.
External links
edit- Marlen Reusser at UCI
- Marlen Reusser at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Marlen Reusser at ProCyclingStats
- Marlen Reusser at Cycling Quotient
- Marlen Reusser at CycleBase