# Marlen Reusser

Marlen Reusser (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.

## Career

She 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. She also rode in the women's time trial event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships. 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.
The following year she took a top 10 finish at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. She also rode in the individual time trial at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Imola, where she won the silver medal.
For the 2021 season, Reusser joined the Alé BTC Ljubljana team, following the collapse of Équipe Paule Ka. 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. 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.

## Personal life

Marleen 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.

## Major results
### 2017

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race

### 2018

    4th Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    10th Chrono des Nations

### 2019

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    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 Time trial, National Road Championships
    UCI Road World Championships
       2nd Time trial
       10th Road race
    UEC European Road Championships
       2nd Team relay
       3rd Time trial
    5th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

### 2021

    UEC European Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       7th Road race
    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    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 Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    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 Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
    1st Stage 4 Tour de France
    3rd Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour
    4th Brabantse Pijl
    5th Tour of Flanders

### 2023

    1st Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)
    1st Overall Itzulia Women
    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

### 2024

    1st Overall Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas
       1st Stage 2
    9th Overall Itzulia Women

### 2025

    1st Trofeo Palma Femina
    2nd Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana