Van Vleuten will continue with Movistar until 2023, his last active season

the dutch Annemiek Van Vleuten (Wageningen, 1982) Olympic champion and number 1 of world ranking has signed a new contract with the telephone structure for the 2023 campaign, which will end three decades of professional competition.

The race, with nearly 90 professional wins, of Van Vleutenlived in Movistar some of its most glorious moments. 2021 is the best campaign for ‘Miek’, author of 12 wins specially related to his Olympic time trial gold, his second Tour of Flanders or the Tours of Spain and Norway, achievements in which he added a new ‘monument’ in 2022 along with his second Liège-Bastogne-Liège and achievements in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad or the Setmana Valenciana

“My career, what has driven my efforts as a professional athlete, has always been to improve in every aspect, and not necessarily achievements. The polishing of every detail, physical and mental, as an individual runner and also as a team wherever I am, the place where I have gained the strength to perform at a high level for many years ”, explains the Dutch champion.

The purpose of its renewal is to help Movistar provide “another leap forward”.

“I see that we’re going up, that we’re going to continue to take the project more and more, and I don’t want to leave in the middle. Two years is a very short time and three I think is something more complete,” a good cycle. And I have no doubt that this structure will continue to thrive in 2024 and beyond. “

On an individual level, Van Vleuten ensured that he was still “super motivated”, as he sees that there will be time he will leave it.

“In my mind, it’s better to quit when I’m at the highest level, fighting for success in the most important career, than when I’m gone. I want to finish at the top, and do it with this amazing group, in I think this is the best.