Marianne Vos Quotes

The Marianne Vos Route goes through the seven villages of Aalburg, where I grew up, and celebrates my World and Olympic titles with a number of benches along the route, where you can stop and rest your legs. You'll see the white windmill in Meeuwen and, in Babylonienbroek, a statue of the silver bike I rode to celebrate my Olympic track win.

My big objective this season is to win three gold medals at the Olympics, in the road race, the time trial and the points race.

Thanks to the Tour de France, riding the Champs-Elysees has a great cycling history.

I'm kind of well-known in Holland, which is nice. But in Holland, we're down to earth; there are no paparazzi in my garden and no autograph hunters at the door. We have 'Strictly Come Dancing,' but I've not been asked.

I like to keep my wheels on the ground.