Annemiek van Vleuten HISTORY CALLING
If you are into board games, then you may have played Ticket to Ride, the game where you build an empire across a continent using railway lines. If so then you have something in common with Annemiek van Vleuten, who is one of millions of players worldwide. But the difference between you and her is that the Dutchwoman has also been building an empire of her own across Europe, not with little plastic trains or wooden blocks on a board but with win after relentless win.
The 39-year-old has established herself as the rider to beat in almost every race she takes part in. But as she’ll later tell CW, she still considers herself a “normal girl” and isn’t averse to a beer and a piece of cake between her rivalcrushing victories.
This year is set to be history-making. This season heralds the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, an eight-day event organised by the most dominant promoter within the WorldTour, ASO. It will be the first time a women’s Tour has been held, in
