Riejanne Ockeloen-Markus (born 1 September 1994) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Visma–Lease a Bike.[6][7] In 2022, Markus won the Dutch National Road Race Championships.[8] A year later she won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships, beating Demi Vollering and Annemiek van Vleuten.[9] Markus is the older sister of SD Worx rider Femke Markus, but they are not related to Barry Markus and his sister Kelly Markus. On 21 October 2023 she married Dutch cyclist, beachracer and gravel specialist Jasper Ockeloen.[9]
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| Full name | Riejanne Ockeloen-Markus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 September 1994 Diemen, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | All-rounder[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2015 | Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Team Liv–Plantur[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | WM3 Pro Cycling[4][5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Team Jumbo–Visma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Single-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Major results
editRoad
edit- 2015
- 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 7th Parel van de Veluwe
- 2016
- 5th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
- 9th Team time trial, Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 10th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Gracia–Orlová
- 1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
- 1st Omloop van Borsele
- 5th 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 7th Team time trial, Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 2018
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Team time trial, Tour of Norway
- 6th Team time trial, Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 7th Overall Belgium Tour
- 9th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
- 2019
- 1st
Team relay, UCI World Championships
- 1st
Team relay, UEC European Championships
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 6th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
- 8th Crescent Vårgårda UCI Women's WorldTour
- 9th Overall Tour of Norway
- 2021
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd
Team relay
- 9th Time trial
- 2nd
- 5th Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 7th Overall Tour of Norway
- 1st Stage 2
- 9th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
- 2022
- National Championships
- 1st
Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour
- 3rd
Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 4th Simac Ladies Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 2023
- 1st Clasica Femenina Navarra
- 1st
- 4th Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes
- 4th Overall La Vuelta Femenina
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 8th Strade Bianche
- 2024
- 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 1st
- 2nd Overall La Vuelta Femenina
Mountain Bike
edit- 2017
- 1st
- 2018
- 2nd
Beach race, UEC European Championships[11]
- 2019
- 2nd
- 2021
- 2nd
References
edit- ^ "Riejanne Markus". Team Jumbo-Visma. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ "Q&A Riejanne Markus". Team Liv–Plantur. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ a b Riejanne Markus at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 September 2016). "Vos heads new Fortitude Pro Cycling women's team in 2017". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Bertizzolo lands at CCC-Liv after Movistar contract problems". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Jumbo-Visma Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Marianne Vos to spearhead Jumbo-Visma women's team in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (25 June 2022). "'I hope Amy Pieters is proud' - Riejanne Markus wins women's Dutch road race title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company.
- ^ a b "Riejanne Markus kijkt uit naar klassementswedstrijden". CyclingOnline.nl (in Dutch). 27 December 2023.
- ^ In Dutch: Ockeloen en Markus winnen Europese titel op het strand 11 December 2017 - Scheveningen
- ^ YouTube, Exventuresports: MTB Beachrace European Championships 9 December 2018 - The Hague
- ^ Wielerflits.nl: Ivar Slik kroont zich tot Europees Kampioen Strandracen 15 December 2019 - Dunkirk
External links
edit- Riejanne Markus at UCI
- Riejanne Markus at Cycling Archives
- Riejanne Markus at ProCyclingStats
- Riejanne Markus at Cycling Quotient
- Riejanne Markus at MTB Data