Annemiek van Vleuten raises thousands for her local cycling club

The world champion sold off eleven years worth of kit and raised around €10,000

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Road world champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) has auctioned off a collection of signed cycling kit to raise money for her local cycling club, WV in Ede.

The 37-year-old whose emphatic list of 2019 palmares also includes winning the Giro Rosa, Strade Bianche and Liege–Bastogne–Liege sold off eleven years worth of old cycling kit.

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Michelle Arthurs-Brennan

Michelle Arthurs-Brennan the Editor of Cycling Weekly website. An NCTJ qualified traditional journalist by trade, Michelle began her career working for local newspapers. She's worked within the cycling industry since 2012, and joined the Cycling Weekly team in 2017, having previously been Editor at Total Women's Cycling. Prior to welcoming her daughter in 2022, Michelle raced on the road, track, and in time trials, and still rides as much as she can - albeit a fair proportion indoors, for now.