What makes her career unusual?

She wins on road, track and cyclocross

Marianne Vos Quiz: Road, Cyclocross and Track Titles

This Marianne Vos quiz follows the Dutch rider many call the greatest in women's cycling. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on her teenage world title, eight cyclocross world titles, Olympic golds in Beijing and London, road world championships, the Giro, the Tour de France Femmes green jersey and her nickname.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Which country does Marianne Vos ride for?
First
In which year did she first become road world champion?
Cross
How many elite cyclocross world titles has she won?
Beijing
Which Olympic event did she win in 2008?
London
Which Olympic gold did she win in 2012?
Worlds
Which other years did she win road world titles?
Giro
Which Italian stage race has she won several times?
Green
Which jersey did she win at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes?
Nickname
Which nickname compares her to Eddy Merckx?
Range
What makes her career unusual?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which country does Marianne Vos ride for?
Answer: Netherlands
She was born in 1987.
Q2: In which year did she first become road world champion?
Answer: 2006
She was only 19.
Q3: How many elite cyclocross world titles has she won?
Answer: Eight
It is a record.
Q4: Which Olympic event did she win in 2008?
Answer: The track points race
It was her first Olympic gold.
Q5: Which Olympic gold did she win in 2012?
Answer: The road race
She won in the rain.
Q6: Which other years did she win road world titles?
Answer: 2012 and 2013
That made three road titles.
Q7: Which Italian stage race has she won several times?
Answer: Giro d'Italia Women
She has many stage wins there.
Q8: Which jersey did she win at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes?
Answer: Green points jersey
She also wore yellow.
Q9: Which nickname compares her to Eddy Merckx?
Answer: The Cannibal
She wins everywhere.
Q10: What makes her career unusual?
Answer: She wins on road, track and cyclocross
Few riders match her range.

Marianne Vos Quiz – Road, Cyclocross and Track Titles

Marianne Vos was born in the Netherlands in 1987 and became road world champion at 19 in 2006. She also won a record eight elite cyclocross world titles.

At the Olympics she won the track points race in Beijing in 2008 and the road race in London in 2012. She added road world titles in 2012 and 2013 and many stages at the Giro d'Italia Women.

When the Tour de France Femmes returned in 2022, she won stages, wore yellow and took the green jersey. Her range across disciplines earned her comparisons to Eddy Merckx and the nickname the Cannibal.

What This Quiz Teaches

Cycling fans will enjoy these questions.

Where she comes from
Which world titles she won
Which Olympic golds she won
Which races she won
Why she is unique

Did You Know?

She has also raced mountain bikes and gravel.
She helped push for more women's races.
She rides for a top Dutch team.
She won the green jersey again in 2023.
Her career has lasted nearly two decades at the top.