Riejanne Markus

Riejanne Markus
Markus, 2022
Personal information
Full nameRiejanne Ockeloen-Markus
Born (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 30)
Diemen, Netherlands
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain biking (beach race)
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[2]
Professional teams
2013–2015Parkhotel Valkenburg Cycling Team[3]
2016Team Liv–Plantur[3]
2017–2020WM3 Pro Cycling[4][5]
2021–Team Jumbo–Visma
Major wins
Single-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2022)
National Time Trial Championships (2023, 2024)
Medal record
Women's road bicycle racing
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yorkshire Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Alkmaar Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Time trial

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]

  1. ^ "Riejanne Markus". Team Jumbo-Visma. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Q&A Riejanne Markus". Team Liv–Plantur. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Riejanne Markus at Cycling Archives (archived)
  4. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 September 2016). "Vos heads new Fortitude Pro Cycling women's team in 2017". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Bertizzolo lands at CCC-Liv after Movistar contract problems". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Jumbo-Visma Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Marianne Vos to spearhead Jumbo-Visma women's team in 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b "Riejanne Markus kijkt uit naar klassementswedstrijden". CyclingOnline.nl (in Dutch). 27 December 2023.

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