Marlen Reusser

Marlen Reusser
	Reusser at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full name	Marlen Reusser
Nickname	The Flying Elephant
Born	20 September 1991 (age 32); Jegenstorf, Switzerland
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68–72 kg (150–159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team SD Worx–Protime
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2019	WCC Team
2020	Bigla–Katusha
2021	Alé BTC Ljubljana
2022–	SD Worx
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (2022, 2023)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing Switzerland
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
European Games

Marlen Reusser (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss

racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.^[4]

Career

She took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed relay

BeNe Ladies Tour and sixth in the World Championship individual time trial.^[4]

The following year she took a top 10 finish at

Liège–Bastogne–Liège.^[4] She also rode in the individual time trial at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Imola, where she won the silver medal.^[6]

For the 2021 season, Reusser joined the Alé BTC Ljubljana team, following the collapse of Équipe Paule Ka.^[7] She rode in the individual time trial at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Brugge, where she won the bronze medal.

After one season there, she joined SD Worx in 2022.^[4] She won stage 4 of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes in a solo breakaway. She was also named most combative rider for the day. She rode in the individual time trial at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, where she won the bronze medal - as well as the mixed team relay where she won the gold medal.

In 2023, Reusser won Gent–Wevelgem, as well as the Itzulia Women and Tour de Suisse Women stage races. At the Tour de France Femmes, she won the stage 8 time trial in Pau.^[8]

Personal life

Marleen Reusser grew up in a farming family in the Swiss Emmental. Until 16 she played violin, and participated at an arts support program at the University of the Arts Bern. In school she started running, after a couple of ankle injuries she switched to swimming and cycling. 2008–2009 she was president of the Bernese Young Greens. After matura she studied medicine and worked as assistant doctor for surgery. 2017–2018 she was in the board of the Emmental Green Party. During the preparation for the road world championship 2018 in Innsbruck, she worked part time as a doctor in the Langnau hospital.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Major results

2017

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

2nd Road race

2018

4th

Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen

5th Time trial, National Road Championships

10th Chrono des Nations

2019

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial, European Games

1st Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT

3rd

BeNe Ladies Tour

3rd

Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen

4th SwissEver GP Cham–Hagendorn

5th Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup

6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2020

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

UCI Road World Championships

2nd

Time trial

10th Road race

UEC European Road Championships

2nd

Team relay

3rd

Time trial

5th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

2021

UEC European Road Championships

1st

Time trial

7th Road race

National Road Championships

1st

Time trial

1st

Road race

1st Chrono des Nations

2nd Overall Challenge by La Vuelta

1st Stage 1

2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour

1st Stage 2 (ITT)

2nd

Time trial, Olympic Games

2nd

Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

3rd Overall Tour de Suisse

4th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway

9th Tour of Flanders

2022

UCI Road World Championships

1st

Team relay

3rd

Time trial

1st

Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

1st Stage 4 Tour de France

3rd Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour

4th Brabantse Pijl

5th Tour of Flanders

2023

1st

Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

1st

Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 2 (ITT)

1st

Overall Itzulia Women

1st Gent–Wevelgem

1st Stage 8 (ITT) Tour de France

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

5th Vuelta a Burgos

6th Brabantse Pijl

7th Dwars door Vlaanderen

7th Tour of Flanders

References

^ "WCC Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Bigla – Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ "Ale' BTC Ljubljana". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jary, Rachel (24 February 2022). "Amateur to Olympic medallist in two years: Marlen Reusser on her fast-track to the top". Rouleur. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "World Championships WE - ITT 2017 Time trial results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ Frattini, Kirsten (24 September 2020). "Van der Breggen wins time trial title at Imola World Championships". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ Frattini, Kirsten (27 October 2020). "Marlen Reusser signs with Alé BTC Ljubljana in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ "Vollering wins Tour de France Femmes title". BBC Sport. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ Sport aktuell, SRF, 24 September 2018
^ Die wahre Grenze liegt im Kopf, Selina Stucki, Der Bund, 24 September 2018.
^ Die velofahrende Ärztin (The cycling doctor), Berner Zeitung, 23 March 2018.

External links

Marlen Reusser at UCI
Marlen Reusser at Cycling Archives
Marlen Reusser at ProCyclingStats
Marlen Reusser at Cycling Quotient
Marlen Reusser at CycleBase
Marlen Reusser at
Olympedia

[1] "WCC Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[2] "Bigla – Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.

[3] "Ale' BTC Ljubljana". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[rouleur-4] Jary, Rachel (24 February 2022). "Amateur to Olympic medallist in two years: Marlen Reusser on her fast-track to the top". Rouleur. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

[5] "World Championships WE - ITT 2017 Time trial results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

[6] Frattini, Kirsten (24 September 2020). "Van der Breggen wins time trial title at Imola World Championships". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[7] Frattini, Kirsten (27 October 2020). "Marlen Reusser signs with Alé BTC Ljubljana in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

[8] "Vollering wins Tour de France Femmes title". BBC Sport. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[9] Sport aktuell, SRF, 24 September 2018

[10] Die wahre Grenze liegt im Kopf, Selina Stucki, Der Bund, 24 September 2018.

[11] Die velofahrende Ärztin (The cycling doctor), Berner Zeitung, 23 March 2018.

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v t e Swiss National Road Race Champions (women)
1980–1999	Stefania Carmine (1982) Evelyne Müller (1983) Edith Schönenberger (1984–1987) Isabelle Michel (1988) Edith Schönenberger (1989) Barbara Heeb (1990) Luzia Zberg (1991–1992) Barbara Ganz (1993) Luzia Zberg (1994–1995) Maria Heim (1996) Barbara Heeb (1997–1998) Priska Doppmann (1999)
2000–2019	Diana Rast (2000) Nicole Brändli (2001–2003) Sereina Trachsel (2004–2005) Annette Beutler (2006) Sereina Trachsel (2007) Jennifer Hohl (2008–2009) Emilie Aubry (2010) Pascale Schnider (2011) Jennifer Hohl (2012) Doris Schweizer (2013) Mirjam Gysling (2014) Jolanda Neff (2015) Doris Schweizer (2016) Nicole Hanselmann (2017) Jolanda Neff (2018) Marlen Reusser (2019)
2020–2039	Elise Chabbey (2020) Marlen Reusser (2021) Caroline Baur (2022) Marlen Reusser (2023)