# Marlen Reusser

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Swiss cyclist

Marlen Reusser Reusser at the 2022 European Championships Personal information Full name Marlen Reusser Nickname The Flying Elephant Born (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 34) Jegenstorf, Switzerland Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Weight 68–72 kg (150–159 lb) Team information Current team Movistar Team Discipline Road Role Rider Professional teams 2019 WCC Team[1] 2020 Bigla–Katusha[2] 2021 Alé BTC Ljubljana[3] 2022–2024 SD Worx 2025- Movistar Team Major wins Major Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (2022, 2023) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2025) Stage races Tour de Suisse (2023, 2025) Itzulia Women (2023) Vuelta a Burgos (2025) One-day races and Classics World Time Trial Championships (2025) European Time Trial Championships (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025) Medal record Women's road bicycle racing Representing Switzerland Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Time trial World Championships 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay 2025 Kigali Time trial 2020 Imola Time trial 2021 Brugge Time trial 2022 Wollongong Time trial 2025 Kigali Mixed team relay European Championships 2021 Trentino Time trial 2022 Munich Time trial 2023 Drenthe Time trial 2025 Guilherand-Granges Time trial 2020 Plouay Mixed team relay 2020 Plouay Time trial 2025 Guilherand-Granges Mixed team relay European Games 2019 Minsk Time trial

**Marlen Reusser** (born 20 September 1991) is a Swiss [racing cyclist](/source/Bicycle_racing), who currently rides for [UCI Women's WorldTeam](/source/UCI_Women's_Team) [Movistar Team](/source/Movistar_Team_(women's_team)).[4]

## Career

She took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed relay [triathlons](/source/Triathlon) 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 [time trial](/source/Swiss_National_Time_Trial_Championships) and was runner up in the [road race](/source/Swiss_National_Road_Race_Championships). Her success earned her selection for that year's [European Road Championships](/source/2017_European_Road_Championships).[4] She also rode in the [women's time trial](/source/2017_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial) event at the [2017 UCI Road World Championships](/source/2017_UCI_Road_World_Championships).[5] In 2019 Reusser took up a place at the [World Cycling Centre](/source/World_Cycling_Centre) in [Aigle](/source/Aigle), deciding to ride full-time. During her year with the WCC she finished third at the [BeNe Ladies Tour](/source/BeNe_Ladies_Tour) and sixth in the [World Championship individual time trial](/source/2019_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial).[4]

The following year she took a top 10 finish at [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2020_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge_(women's_race)).[4] She also rode in the [individual time trial](/source/2020_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial) at the [2020 UCI Road World Championships](/source/2020_UCI_Road_World_Championships) in [Imola](/source/Imola), where she won the silver medal.[6]

For the 2021 season, Reusser joined the [Alé BTC Ljubljana](/source/UAE_Team_ADQ) team, following the collapse of [Équipe Paule Ka](/source/%C3%89quipe_Paule_Ka).[7] She rode in the [individual time trial](/source/2021_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial) at the [2021 UCI Road World Championships](/source/2021_UCI_Road_World_Championships) in [Brugge](/source/Bruges), where she won the bronze medal.

After one season there, she joined [SD Worx](/source/Team_SD_Worx%E2%80%93Protime) in 2022.[4] She won stage 4 of the [2022 Tour de France Femmes](/source/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](/source/2022_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial) at the [2022 UCI Road World Championships](/source/2022_UCI_Road_World_Championships) in [Wollongong](/source/Wollongong), where she won the bronze medal - as well as the [mixed team relay](/source/2022_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_team_relay) where she won the gold medal.

In 2023, Reusser won [Gent–Wevelgem](/source/2023_Gent%E2%80%93Wevelgem_(women's_race)), as well as the [Itzulia Women](/source/2023_Itzulia_Women) and [Tour de Suisse Women](/source/2023_Tour_de_Suisse_Women) stage races. At the [Tour de France Femmes](/source/2023_Tour_de_France_Femmes), she won the stage 8 time trial in Pau.[8]

In september, 2025, Reusser her first UCI Women 's Elite Individual Trial (ITT ) title at the [2025 UCI Road World Championships](/source/2025_UCI_Road_World_Championships) in [Kigali](/source/Kigali). [9][10]

## Personal life

Marlen Reusser grew up in a farming family in the Swiss [Emmental](/source/Emmental). Until 16 she played violin, and participated at an arts support program at the [University of the Arts Bern](/source/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](/source/Bern) Young [Greens](/source/Green_Party_of_Switzerland). After [matura](/source/Matura) she studied [medicine](/source/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](/source/Innsbruck), she worked part time as a doctor in the [Langnau hospital](/source/Langnau_im_Emmental).[11][12][13]

## Major results

**2017**
- National Road Championships - 1st Time trial - 2nd Road race

**2018**
- 4th [Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen](/source/Chrono_Champenois_%E2%80%93_Troph%C3%A9e_Europ%C3%A9en)

- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships

- 10th [Chrono des Nations](/source/Chrono_des_Nations)

**2019**
- 1st Time trial, European Games

- National Road Championships - 1st Time trial - 1st Road race

- 1st [Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT](/source/Ljubljana%E2%80%93Dom%C5%BEale%E2%80%93Ljubljana_TT)

- 3rd [BeNe Ladies Tour](/source/BeNe_Ladies_Tour)

- 3rd [Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen](/source/Chrono_Champenois_%E2%80%93_Troph%C3%A9e_Europ%C3%A9en)

- 4th SwissEver GP Cham–Hagendorn

- 5th Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup

- 6th [Time trial](/source/2019_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2019_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

**2020**
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

- [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2020_UCI_Road_World_Championships) - 2nd [Time trial](/source/2020_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial) - 10th [Road race](/source/2020_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_road_race)

- [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2020_European_Road_Championships) - 2nd Team relay - 3rd Time trial

- 5th Overall [Setmana Ciclista Valenciana](/source/Setmana_Ciclista_Valenciana)

- 7th [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge_Femmes)

**2021**
- [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2021_European_Road_Championships) - 1st Time trial - 7th Road race

- National Road Championships - 1st Time trial - 1st Road race

- 1st [Chrono des Nations](/source/Chrono_des_Nations)

- 2nd Overall [Challenge by La Vuelta](/source/2021_Challenge_by_La_Vuelta) - 1st Stage 1

- 2nd Overall [Holland Ladies Tour](/source/2021_Holland_Ladies_Tour) - 1st Stage 2 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial))

- 2nd [Time trial](/source/Cycling_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_road_time_trial), [Olympic Games](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics)

- 2nd [Time trial](/source/2021_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2021_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

- 3rd Overall [Tour de Suisse](/source/Tour_de_Suisse)

- 4th Overall [Tour of Norway](/source/2021_Ladies_Tour_of_Norway)

- 9th [Tour of Flanders](/source/2021_Tour_of_Flanders_for_Women)

**2022**
- [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2022_UCI_Road_World_Championships) - 1st Team relay - 3rd Time trial

- 1st Time trial, [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2022_European_Road_Championships)

- 1st Stage 4 [Tour de France](/source/2022_Tour_de_France_Femmes)

- 3rd Overall [Bloeizone Fryslân Tour](/source/2022_Bloeizone_Frysl%C3%A2n_Tour)

- 4th [Brabantse Pijl](/source/Brabantse_Pijl_(women's_race))

- 5th [Tour of Flanders](/source/2022_Tour_of_Flanders_for_Women)

**2023**
- 1st Time trial, [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2023_European_Road_Championships)

- 1st Overall [Tour de Suisse](/source/2023_Tour_de_Suisse_Women) - 1st Stage 2 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial))

- 1st Overall [Itzulia Women](/source/Itzulia_Women)

- 1st [Gent–Wevelgem](/source/2023_Gent%E2%80%93Wevelgem_(women's_race))

- 1st Stage 8 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) [Tour de France](/source/2023_Tour_de_France_Femmes)

- 3rd [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2023_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge_Femmes)

- 5th [Vuelta a Burgos](/source/Vuelta_a_Burgos_Feminas)

- 6th [Brabantse Pijl](/source/Brabantse_Pijl_(women's_race))

- 7th [Dwars door Vlaanderen](/source/2023_Dwars_door_Vlaanderen_for_Women)

- 7th [Tour of Flanders](/source/2023_Tour_of_Flanders_for_Women)

**2024**
- 1st Overall [Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana](/source/Vuelta_a_la_Comunitat_Valenciana) - 1st Stage 2

- 9th Overall [Itzulia Women](/source/2024_Itzulia_Women)

**2025**
- [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2025_UCI_Road_World_Championships) - 1st [Time trial](/source/2025_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_time_trial) - 9th [Road race](/source/2025_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_road_race)

- 1st Time trial, [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2025_European_Road_Championships)

- 1st Overall [Tour de Suisse](/source/2025_Tour_de_Suisse_Women) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 4

- 1st Overall [Vuelta a Burgos](/source/2025_Vuelta_a_Burgos_Feminas) - 1st Points classification - 1st Mountains classification - 1st Stages 3 & 4

- 1st [Trofeo Palma](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

- [Giro d'Italia](/source/Giro_d'Italia_Women) - 1st Stage 1 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) - Held after Stage 1

- 2nd Overall [La Vuelta Femenina](/source/2025_La_Vuelta_Femenina)

- 2nd Overall [Setmana Ciclista Valenciana](/source/Setmana_Ciclista_Valenciana)

- 2nd [Trofeo Tessile & Moda Donne](/source/Trofeo_Tessile_%26_Moda_Donne)

- 6th [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](/source/2025_Li%C3%A8ge%E2%80%93Bastogne%E2%80%93Li%C3%A8ge_Femmes)

- 10th [Tour of Flanders](/source/2025_Tour_of_Flanders_for_Women)

**2026**
- 1st [Dwars door Vlaanderen](/source/2026_Dwars_door_Vlaanderen_for_Women)

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v t e Riders on Movistar Team Francesca Barale Olivia Baril Aude Biannic Cat Ferguson Sheyla Gutiérrez Liane Lippert Carys Lloyd Floortje Mackaij Ana Vitória Magalhães Sara Martín Mareille Meijer Paula Ostiz Marlen Reusser Laura Ruiz Pérez Lucía Ruiz Pérez Arlenis Sierra Claire Steels Manager: Sebastián Unzué

v t e UCI Road World Champions – Mixed team relay 2019: Brand, Markus, Pieters, Bouwman, Mollema, van Emden (NED) 2021: Brennauer, Klein, Kröger, Arndt, Martin, Walscheid (GER) 2022: Schmid, Küng, Bissegger, Chabbey, Reusser, Koller (SUI) 2023: Schmid, Küng, Bissegger, Chabbey, Reusser, Koller (SUI) 2024: Matthews, O'Connor, Vine, Brown, Chapman, Roseman-Gannon (AUS) 2025: Matthews, Plapp, Vine, Chapman, Spratt, Wilson-Haffenden (AUS)

v t e UCI Road World Champions – Women's time trial 1994: Karen Kurreck (USA) 1995: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1996: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1997: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 1998: Leontien van Moorsel (NED) 1999: Leontien van Moorsel (NED) 2000: Mari Holden (USA) 2001: Jeannie Longo (FRA) 2002: Zulfiya Zabirova (RUS) 2003: Joane Somarriba (ESP) 2004: Karin Thürig (SUI) 2005: Karin Thürig (SUI) 2006: Kristin Armstrong (USA) 2007: Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) 2008: Amber Neben (USA) 2009: Kristin Armstrong (USA) 2010: Emma Pooley (GBR) 2011: Judith Arndt (GER) 2012: Judith Arndt (GER) 2013: Ellen van Dijk (NED) 2014: Lisa Brennauer (GER) 2015: Linda Villumsen (NZL) 2016: Amber Neben (USA) 2017: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 2018: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) 2019: Chloé Dygert (USA) 2020: Anna van der Breggen (NED) 2021: Ellen van Dijk (NED) 2022: Ellen van Dijk (NED) 2023: Chloé Dygert (USA) 2024: Grace Brown (AUS) 2025: Marlen Reusser (SUI)

v t e European Road Champions – Women's time trial Under-23 (1997–present) 1997–98: Diana Žiliūtė 1999: Tetyana Styazhkina 2000: Lada Kozlíková 2001: Nicole Brändli 2002: Olga Zabelinskaya 2003: Virginie Moinard 2004: Tatiana Guderzo 2005: Madeleine Sandig 2006–07: Linda Villumsen 2008–2009: Ellen van Dijk 2010: Alexandra Burchenkova 2011: Mélodie Lesueur 2012: Anna van der Breggen 2013: Hanna Solovey 2014–15: Mieke Kröger 2016: Anastasiia Iakovenko 2017: Pernille Mathiesen 2018: Aafke Soet 2019–2020: Hannah Ludwig 2021: Vittoria Guazzini 2022: Shirin van Anrooij 2023: Zoe Bäckstedt 2024: Anniina Ahtosalo 2025: Federica Venturelli Elite (2016–present) 2016: Ellen van Dijk 2017: Ellen van Dijk 2018: Ellen van Dijk 2019: Ellen van Dijk 2020: Anna van der Breggen 2021: Marlen Reusser 2022: Marlen Reusser 2023: Marlen Reusser 2024: Lotte Kopecky 2025: Marlen Reusser

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) Noemi Rüegg (2024) Steffi Häberlin (2025–2026)

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