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Full name | Riejanne Ockeloen-Markus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Diemen, Netherlands | 1 September 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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]