page_title: Marianne Vos
section_title: 2008
hierarchical_section_title: Marianne Vos / Professional career / 2008
caption_attribution_description: English: 2009 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 time trial. 1) Ellen van Dijk, 2) Emilia Fahlin and 3) Marianne Vos Nederlands: Podium Europese Kampioenschappen 2009, vrouwen individuele tijdrit onder-23. 1) Ellen van Dijk, 2) Emma Johansson and 3) Marianne Vos
context_page_description: Marianne Vos is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer, mountain bike racer and track racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam CCC Liv. Vos has drawn comparison to Eddy Merckx as being "the finest cyclist of [her] generation".
  After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships when she won the points race in 2008 and the scratch race in 2011. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race. She is a 3 times World Road Race Champion – in 2006, 2012 and 2013 – and 7 times World Cyclocross Champion – in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
context_section_description: Vos added a track cycling world title to her list when she won the Women's Points Race at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In doing so, she became the first woman to have held world championship titles on the road, track and cyclo-cross. Vos became Olympic points race champion at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
caption: Podium of the women's time trial at the 2009 European Road Championships; Ellen van Dijk (1), Emilia Fahlin (2) and Marianne Vos (3)
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