{{short description|Swiss cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Marlen Reusser | image = 2022-08-17 European Championships 2022 – Road Cycling Women's Time Trial by Sandro Halank–072.jpg | caption = Reusser at the [[2022 European Championships]] | fullname = Marlen Reusser | nickname = The Flying Elephant | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Jegenstorf]], Switzerland | height = 180cm | weight = 68-72kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|MOV women}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2019 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|WCC|2019}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/11529/2003363/243|title=WCC Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310220731/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/11529/2003363/243|archive-date=10 March 2019}}</ref> | proyears2 = 2020 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CBT|2020a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14190/1000993/258|title=Bigla – Katusha|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=19 January 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200119212946/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14190/1000993/258|archive-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2021 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ALE|2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15266/1001390/281|title=Ale' BTC Ljubljana|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210110171828/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15266/1001390/281|archive-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears4 = 2022–2024 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|SDW|2022}} | proyears5 = 2025- | proteam5 ={{UCI team code|MOV women|2025}} | majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Major Tours]]''' :'''[[Tour de France Femmes|Tour de France]]''' ::2 individual stages ([[2022 Tour de France Femmes|2022]], [[2023 Tour de France Femmes|2023]]) :'''[[Giro d'Italia Women|Giro d'Italia]]''' ::1 individual stage ([[2025 Giro d'Italia Women|2025]]) '''[[Stage races]]''' : [[Tour de Suisse Women|Tour de Suisse]] ([[2023 Tour de Suisse Women|2023]], [[2025 Tour de Suisse Women|2025]]) : [[Itzulia Women]] ([[2023 Itzulia Women|2023]]) : [[Vuelta a Burgos Feminas|Vuelta a Burgos]] ([[2025 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas|2025]]) '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' :[[UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|World Time Trial Championships]] ([[2025 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|2025]]) : [[European Road Championships|European Time Trial Championships]] ([[2021 European Road Championships|2021]], [[2022 European Road Championships|2022]], [[2023 European Road Championships|2023]], [[2025 European Road Championships|2025]]) |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[road bicycle racing]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{SUI}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver| [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] | [[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2022 UCI Road World Championships|2022 Wollongong]]|[[2022 UCI Road World Championships – Mixed team relay|Mixed team relay]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2023 UCI Road World Championships|2023 Glasgow]]|[[2023 UCI Road World Championships – Mixed team relay|Mixed team relay]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2025 UCI Road World Championships|2025 Kigali]]|[[2025 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2020 UCI Road World Championships|2020 Imola]]|[[2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2021 UCI Road World Championships|2021 Brugge]]|[[2021 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Wollongong|[[2022 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Kigali|[[2025 UCI Road World Championships – Mixed team relay|Mixed team relay]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Road Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2021 European Road Championships|2021 Trentino]]|[[2021 European Road Championships – Women's elite time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2022 European Road Championships|2022 Munich]]|[[2022 European Road Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2023 European Road Championships|2023 Drenthe]]|[[2023 European Road Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2025 European Road Championships|2025 Guilherand-Granges]]|[[2025 European Road Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2020 European Road Championships|2020 Plouay]]|Mixed team relay}} {{MedalBronze|2020 Plouay|Time trial}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Guilherand-Granges|Mixed team relay}} {{MedalComp|[[European Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[Cycling at the 2019 European Games|2019 Minsk]]|[[Cycling at the 2019 European Games – Women's road time trial|Time trial]]}} | show-medals = }}
'''Marlen Reusser''' (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss [[bicycle racing|racing cyclist]], who currently rides for [[UCI Women's Team|UCI Women's WorldTeam]] {{UCI team code|MOV women}}.<ref name=rouleur />
==Career== She took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed relay [[triathlon]]s as an amateur. She entered the road events of the Swiss national cycling championships in 2017, a few months after receiving a racing licence and whilst in the final year of studies for a degree in medicine: she won the [[Swiss National Time Trial Championships|time trial]] and was runner up in the [[Swiss National Road Race Championships|road race]]. Her success earned her selection for that year's [[2017 European Road Championships|European Road Championships]].<ref name=rouleur>{{cite web |url=https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/amateur-cyclist-to-olympic-medallist-in-two-years-marlen-reusser-on-her-fast-track-to-the-top |title=Amateur to Olympic medallist in two years: Marlen Reusser on her fast-track to the top |last=Jary |first=Rachel |date=24 February 2022 |website=[[Rouleur (magazine)|Rouleur]] |access-date=26 February 2022}}</ref> She also rode in the [[2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|women's time trial]] event at the [[2017 UCI Road World Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Championships WE - ITT 2017 Time trial results|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship-itt-we/2017/result|access-date=23 September 2021|website=www.procyclingstats.com}}</ref> In 2019 Reusser took up a place at the [[World Cycling Centre]] in [[Aigle]], deciding to ride full-time. During her year with the WCC she finished third at the [[BeNe Ladies Tour]] and sixth in the [[2019 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|World Championship individual time trial]].<ref name=rouleur />
The following year she took a top 10 finish at [[2020 Liège–Bastogne–Liège (women's race)|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]].<ref name=rouleur /> She also rode in the [[2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|individual time trial]] at the [[2020 UCI Road World Championships]] in [[Imola]], where she won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2020/elite-women-time-trial/results/ |title=Van der Breggen wins time trial title at Imola World Championships |last=Frattini |first=Kirsten |date=24 September 2020 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
For the 2021 season, Reusser joined the {{UCI team code|ALE|2021}} team, following the collapse of {{UCI team code|CBT|2020b}}.<ref>{{cite news|first=Kirsten|last=Frattini|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/marlen-reusser-signs-with-ale-btc-ljubljana-in-2021/|title=Marlen Reusser signs with Alé BTC Ljubljana in 2021|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=27 October 2020|access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> She rode in the [[2021 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|individual time trial]] at the [[2021 UCI Road World Championships]] in [[Bruges|Brugge]], where she won the bronze medal.
After one season there, she joined {{UCI team code|SDW|2022}} in 2022.<ref name="rouleur" /> 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 [[2022 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|individual time trial]] at the [[2022 UCI Road World Championships]] in [[Wollongong]], where she won the bronze medal - as well as the [[2022 UCI Road World Championships – Mixed team relay|mixed team relay]] where she won the gold medal.
In 2023, Reusser won [[2023 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race)|Gent–Wevelgem]], as well as the [[2023 Itzulia Women|Itzulia Women]] and [[2023 Tour de Suisse Women|Tour de Suisse Women]] stage races. At the [[2023 Tour de France Femmes|Tour de France Femmes]], she won the stage 8 time trial in Pau.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 July 2023 |title=Vollering wins Tour de France Femmes title |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/66355480 |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref>
In september, 2025, Reusser her first UCI Women 's Elite Individual Trial (ITT ) title at the [[2025 UCI Road World Championships]] in [[Kigali]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamasa |first=Peter |date=2025-09-21 |title=Marlen Reusser claims Women’s UCI Elite ITT title, Rwanda's Nirere finishes 27th |url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/29890/sports/cycling/marlen-reusser-claims-womens-uci-elite-itt-title-rwandas-nirere-finishes-27th |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=The New Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-21 |title=2025 UCI Road World Championships: Marlen Reusser wins time trial |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/videos/cvg441ygzdvo |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Personal life == Marlen 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 [[Bern]]ese Young [[Green Party of Switzerland|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 im Emmental|Langnau hospital]].<ref>[https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/sportaktuell/video/zeitfahrerin-marlen-reusser-im-portraet?id=b9d698cd-6796-4b9d-923e-8c23f6b1af13&expandDescription=true Sport aktuell], SRF, 24 September 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.derbund.ch/bern/region/--------Die-wahre-Grenze-liegt-im-Kopf------/story/18977269 Die wahre Grenze liegt im Kopf], Selina Stucki, Der Bund, 24 September 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/sport/rad/operation-titelverteidigung/story/15709304 Die velofahrende Ärztin (The cycling doctor)], [[Berner Zeitung]], 23 March 2018.</ref>
==Major results== {{div col start}} ;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|swiss}} Time trial ::2nd Road race ;2018 : 4th [[Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen]] : 5th Time trial, National Road Championships : 10th [[Chrono des Nations]] ;2019 : 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Time trial, European Games : National Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|swiss}} Time trial ::1st {{cjersey|swiss}} Road race : 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 [[2019 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]], [[2019 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] ;2020 : 1st {{cjersey|swiss}} Time trial, National Road Championships : [[2020 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] ::2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]] ::10th [[2020 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race|Road race]] : [[2020 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]] ::2nd [[File:Silver medal europe.svg|15px]] Team relay ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal europe.svg|15px]] Time trial : 5th Overall [[Setmana Ciclista Valenciana]] : 7th [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] ;2021 :[[2021 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|europe}} Time trial ::7th Road race : National Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|swiss}} Time trial ::1st {{cjersey|swiss}} Road race : 1st [[Chrono des Nations]] : 2nd Overall [[2021 Challenge by La Vuelta|Challenge by La Vuelta]] ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall [[2021 Holland Ladies Tour|Holland Ladies Tour]] ::1st Stage 2 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) : 2nd [[File:Silver medal olympic.svg|15px]] [[Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial|Time trial]], [[2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2021 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]], [[2021 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] : 3rd Overall [[Tour de Suisse]] : 4th Overall [[2021 Ladies Tour of Norway|Tour of Norway]] : 9th [[2021 Tour of Flanders for Women|Tour of Flanders]] ;2022 : [[2022 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} Team relay ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] Time trial : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Time trial, [[2022 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]] : 1st Stage 4 [[2022 Tour de France Femmes|Tour de France]] : 3rd Overall [[2022 Bloeizone Fryslân Tour|Bloeizone Fryslân Tour]] : 4th [[Brabantse Pijl (women's race)|Brabantse Pijl]] : 5th [[2022 Tour of Flanders for Women|Tour of Flanders]] ;2023 : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Time trial, [[2023 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]] : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[2023 Tour de Suisse Women|Tour de Suisse]] ::1st Stage 2 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Itzulia Women]] : 1st [[2023 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race)|Gent–Wevelgem]] : 1st Stage 8 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[2023 Tour de France Femmes|Tour de France]] : 3rd [[2023 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] : 5th [[Vuelta a Burgos Feminas|Vuelta a Burgos]] : 6th [[Brabantse Pijl (women's race)|Brabantse Pijl]] : 7th [[2023 Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women|Dwars door Vlaanderen]] : 7th [[2023 Tour of Flanders for Women|Tour of Flanders]] ;2024 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana]] ::1st Stage 2 : 9th Overall [[2024 Itzulia Women|Itzulia Women]] ;2025 : [[2025 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} [[2025 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial|Time trial]] ::9th [[2025 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race|Road race]] : 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Time trial, [[2025 European Road Championships|UEC European Road Championships]] : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall [[2025 Tour de Suisse Women|Tour de Suisse]] ::1st {{cjersey|black}} Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st {{cjersey|purple}} Overall [[2025 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas|Vuelta a Burgos]] ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st {{cjersey|red}} Mountains classification ::1st Stages 3 & 4 : 1st [[Vuelta a Mallorca|Trofeo Palma]] : [[Giro d'Italia Women|Giro d'Italia]] ::1st Stage 1 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) ::Held {{cjersey|pink}} after Stage 1 : 2nd Overall [[2025 La Vuelta Femenina|La Vuelta Femenina]] : 2nd Overall [[Setmana Ciclista Valenciana]] : 2nd [[Trofeo Tessile & Moda Donne]] : 6th [[2025 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] : 10th [[2025 Tour of Flanders for Women|Tour of Flanders]] ;2026 :1st [[2026 Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women|Dwars door Vlaanderen]] {{div col end}}
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