# Annika Langvad

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.

## 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 five 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 Boels–Dolmans, 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

    1st National Championships

#### 2013–2014

    1st National Championships

#### 2014–2015

    1st National Championships
    3rd Kronborg

### Gravel
#### 2023

    UCI World Series
       2nd Halmstad

### Road
#### 2010

    National Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial

#### 2011

    1st Time trial, National Championships

#### 2013

    1st Time trial, National Championships
    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

    1st Cross-country, National Championships

#### 2010

    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    3rd Marathon, UCI World Championships

#### 2011

    1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships

#### 2012

    1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships

#### 2013

    1st Cross-country, National Championships

#### 2014

    1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
    1st Overall Swiss Epic (with Ariane Kleinhans)
    UCI XCO World Cup
       3rd Windham

#### 2015

    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
    2nd Marathon, UCI World Championships
    2nd Overall Swiss Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
    3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Val di Sole
       3rd Windham

#### 2016

    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall Cape Epic (with Ariane Lüthi)
    1st Roc d'Azur
    2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Cairns
       1st Albstadt
       2nd Lenzerheide

#### 2017

    1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Nové Město
       2nd Vallnord
    UCI Marathon Series
       1st Attakwas Extreme
       1st Roc d'Azur

#### 2018

    1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Marathon, National Championships
    1st Overall Cape Epic (with Kate Courtney)
    2nd Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    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

    1st Overall Cape Epic (with Anna van der Breggen)

#### 2020

    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Marathon, National Championships
    1st Overall Swiss Epic (with Haley Batten)