Icons Notebook 006: Marianne Vos

"Everything I Do Comes From Myself"

The greatest all-round rider of all time? If any rider bears comparison with Eddy Merckx then it's surely Marianne Vos. Triple world champion on the road, seven-time world cyclocross champion, double world champ on the track. Olympic gold medallist on the road and in the velodrome.

If it's on two wheels, Vos will crush it. Self-reliance, competitive spirit, suffocating will to win and pure, raw uncut talent: it all comes from within.

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