Elizabeth Mary Deignan is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 16th and in the Women's time trial finishing 24th.
Jessica Gallagher is an Australian Paralympic alpine skier, track and field athlete, tandem cyclist and rower. She was Australia's second female Winter Paralympian, and the first Australian woman to win a medal at the Winter Paralympics at the 2010 Vancouver Games. She competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, where she won a bronze medal in the women's giant slalom visually impaired.
Annemiek van Vleuten is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
Amanda Spratt is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ.
Elise Chabbey is a Swiss road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed as a slalom canoer in the K-1 event, finishing 20th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals.
Elisa Longo Borghini is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
Anna van der Breggen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, Rabo–Liv and SD Worx. She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.
Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma is a Polish racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Canyon–SRAM. Among her eighteen professional wins are the Tour de France Femmes in 2024, La Flèche Wallonne in 2024, the Amstel Gold Race in 2019, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio in 2018, and the Women's Tour in 2017. She twice finished third overall in the Tour de France Femmes, in 2022 and 2023, taking the Queen of the Mountains jersey in 2023. In 2023, she became UCI Gravel World Champion.
Soraya Paladin is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv Racing TeqFind. She rode in the 2014 Tour de Bretagne Féminin. Her sister Asja Paladin also competed professionally as a cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Road race.
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez.
Tadej Pogačar is a Slovenian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. His victories include three Tours de France, the 2024 Giro d'Italia, and seven one-day Monuments, as well as the World Championship Road Race. Comfortable in time-trialing, one-day classic riding and grand-tour climbing, he has been compared to legendary all-round cyclists such as Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault as one of the sport's greatest. In 2024 he became only the third male cyclist, after Eddy Merckx in 1974 and Stephen Roche in 1987, to achieve the Triple Crown of Cycling, winning the Giro, the Tour, and the World Championships in the same year. He is the only rider in history who took the Triple Crown and two different monuments in the same year.
Marlen Reusser is a Swiss racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.
Grace Brown is an Australian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez. Brown competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She just missed out on a medal in the women’s time trial, finishing fourth. She also competed in the women's road race where she came 47th. At the 2024 Paris Olympics she won the gold medal in the women's individual time trial event.
Remco Evenepoel is a Belgian professional cyclist and Olympic gold medalist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.
Marta Cavalli is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam FDJ–Suez. In 2018, she won the Italian National Road Race Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Road race. In July 2022, she was named as one of the pre-race favourites for the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes.
Denmark competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Before the start of the games, DIF sat an official medal goal of 8–10 medals for the Tokyo games.
Adriana Geertruida "Demi" Vollering is a Dutch professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime.
Maria-Magdalena Rusu is a Romanian rower. She is an Olympic champion and won the gold medal in the women's eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Rusu is also a two-time world champion in eight and seven-time European champion, including titles in eight and coxless four. She competed in the women's eight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
