Annika Langvad (born 22 March 1984) is a Danish former racing cyclist, who rode for Specialized Racing in
cross-countrymountain bike racing. Langvad is a five-time World Champion in mountain bike racing, winning four titles in
mountain bike marathon and one in cross-country.
Career
From 2014, Langvad and her Swiss Spur-Specialized teammate Ariane Kleinhans won the women's category of Absa
Cape Epic three consecutive times. In 2015, they won by a significant margin of an hour and 18 minutes. Langvad won the Cape Epic a total of five times during her career.[2] Also in 2015, Langvad won the
Leadville 100, becoming the first woman to ride that race under 7 hours. In 2016, Langvad won the
world championship in Women's cross-country and also placed second in the
UCI World Cup rankings for Cross Country, only 24 points behind the leader, Catharine Pendrel. She went on to finish as runner-up in the cross-country World Cup standings a second time in
2018. On the road, she won the
Danish road race championship in 2010, was a three-time
Danish time trial champion, and finished sixth in the
2013 individual time trial World Championship. She rode the 2019 season on the road with
Boels–Dolmans, during which she finished second at
Strade Bianche, fourth at the
Amstel Gold Race, and third at
Flèche Wallonne.[2] On 9 October 2020, she announced her retirement.[3]