Vos feeling good ahead of world championship defense

In 2006, when Marianne Vos claimed her first elite women's world road race title, she was fresh out of the junior ranks, but after five consecutive second place finishes, the defending champion is neither ready nor willing to let the rainbow jersey slip from her grasp again.

Laura Weislo
Managing Editor

Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.