Anouska Koster

Last updated

Anouska Koster
2017 Boels Ladies Tour 5e etappe 091a.jpg
Personal information
Full nameAnouska Helena Koster
Born (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993 (age 31)
Zwaagwesteinde, Netherlands
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Team information
Current team Uno-X Mobility
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2012 Dolmans–Boels [1]
2013–2014 Team Futurumshop.nl–Polaris [1]
2015–2018 Rabo–Liv [1]
2019 Team Virtu Cycling [2]
2020 Parkhotel Valkenburg [3]
2021–2022 Team Jumbo–Visma [4] [5]
2023– Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

Anouska Helena Koster (born 20 August 1993) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Uno-X Mobility. [6]

Contents

Major results

2011
3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2014
5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
6th Overall Gracia-Orlová
6th Gent–Wevelgem
2015
1st Grand Prix Gippingen
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification Energiewacht Tour
3rd Ronde van Overijssel
4th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
6th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
2016
1st MaillotHolanda.svg Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 3
3rd Crescent Vårgårda Women World Cup TTT
3rd Drentse Acht van Westerveld
7th Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix
8th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
9th Omloop van de IJsseldelta
2017
1st Jersey gold.svg Overall Belgium Tour
1st Jersey yellow.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 2
7th Trofee Maarten Wynants
10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2018
5th Overall Belgium Tour
6th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
2019
1st Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
7th Erondegemse Pijl
9th MerXem Classic
10th Overall Healthy Ageing Tour
2020
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2021
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Holland Ladies Tour
3rd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
6th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
6th Overall Trophée des Grimpeuses
2022
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Overall Tour of Scandinavia
2023
Tour de France
Held Jersey polkadot.svg after Stage 4
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 2
3rd Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
8th Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas
2024
3rd Festival Elsy Jacobs Luxembourg
7th Festival Elsy Jacobs Garnich

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Loes Gunnewijk</span> Dutch racing cyclist

Loes Gunnewijk is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marta Bastianelli</span> Italian racing cyclist

Marta Bastianelli is an Italian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. Bastianelli won the women's road race at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships ahead of Marianne Vos and Giorgia Bronzini, and also won the equivalent race at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships, again beating Vos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirsten Wild</span> Dutch racing cyclist

Kirsten Carlijn Wild is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021, for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the latter Games, in the omnium. She won eighteen medals including nine golds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and eighteen medals including eight golds at the UEC European Track Championships. Wild also took over 100 victories in road racing, and won two medals at the UCI Road World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlotte Becker</span> German racing cyclist

Charlotte Becker is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Arkéa–B&B Hotels Women. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finished over the time limit. She also competed on the track in the women's team pursuit for the national team. She signed for Team Hitec Products for the 2015 road cycling season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Johansson</span> Swedish cyclist (born 1983)

Emma Karolina Johansson is a Swedish retired professional racing cyclist. Nicknamed Silver Emma, Johansson accumulated many second and third places at major championships and one-day classics. In 2013 she finished the year as number one on the UCI Women's World Ranking.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amy Pieters</span> Dutch racing cyclist

Amy Pieters is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who is contracted to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christine Majerus</span> Luxembourgian racing cyclist

Christine Majerus is a Luxembourgish former professional road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime and its predecessors from 2014 until her retirement in 2024. She won the 2013 Sparkassen Giro Bochum one-day road race and the general classification of the 2019 Holland Ladies Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa Brennauer</span> German cyclist (born 1988)

Lisa Brennauer is a German former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2022, for six different teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iris Slappendel</span> Dutch road racing cyclist

Iris Slappendel is a Dutch former road racing cyclist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eugenia Bujak</span> Polish cyclist (born 1989)

Eugenia Bujak is a racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence for Poland, and has represented Slovenia in competition since 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucinda Brand</span> Dutch cyclist

Lucinda Brand is a Dutch racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross Pro Team Baloise–Trek Lions in cyclo-cross. After four years with Rabo–Liv, in August 2016 Team Sunweb announced that Brand had signed a two-year deal with the team, with a role as a team leader, road captain and as part of the team's sprint train. In 2023, Brand collaborated with fellow professional cyclist Maghalie Rochette to create the cycling-focused podcast Dirty Talks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maria Giulia Confalonieri</span> Italian cyclist

Maria Giulia Confalonieri is an Italian track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Tour Team Uno-X Pro Cycling. She previously rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Floortje Mackaij</span> Dutch racing cyclist

Floortje Mackaij is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaat Hannes</span> Belgian cyclist

Kaat Hannes is a Belgian former road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2017, and also in 2020, for the Lotto–Belisol Ladies, Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo, Lensworld–Kuota and Doltcini–Van Eyck–Proximus teams. She participated at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riejanne Markus</span> Dutch cyclist (born 1994)

Riejanne Ockeloen-Markus is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Visma–Lease a Bike. In 2022, Markus won the Dutch National Road Race Championships. A year later she won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships, beating Demi Vollering and Annemiek van Vleuten. 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karlijn Swinkels</span> Dutch cyclist

Karlijn Swinkels is a Dutch road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Norsgaard</span> Danish cyclist (born 1999)

Emma Cecilie Norsgaard Bjerg née Jørgensen is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team. Her major victories include winning stage six of the 2021 Giro Rosa and stage six of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lorena Wiebes</span> Dutch cyclist (born 1999)

Lorena Wiebes is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. She rode for Parkhotel Valkenburg in the women's team time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships. She won the gold medal in road cycling at the 2019 European Games, beating her compatriot Marianne Vos in the sprint for the line. In May 2022, Wiebes won all three stages of the RideLondon Classique. In July 2022, she won the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demi Vollering</span> Dutch cyclist (born 1996)

Adriana Geertruida "Demi" Vollering is a Dutch professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. In 2025, she will join FDJ–Suez.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Anouska Koster at Cycling Archives (archived)
  2. "Team Virtu Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. "Parkhotel Valkenburg". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. "Jumbo-Visma Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  5. "Marianne Vos to spearhead Jumbo-Visma women's team in 2021". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. "Uno-X Mobility". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 29 March 2024.