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 , 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)
References
External links
Annika Langvad at MTBCrossCountry.com
Danish mountain bikers
Danish female cyclists
Living people
1984 births
UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women)
Sportspeople from Silkeborg
Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region
Cross-country mountain bikers
Olympic cyclists for Denmark
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
21st-century Danish women