Marlen Reusser (born 20 September 1991) is a Swissracing cyclist, who currently rides forUCI Women's WorldTeamMovistar Team.^[4]

Marlen Reusser

Reusser at the2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full name	Marlen Reusser
Nickname	The Flying Elephant
Born	(1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (age 33) Jegenstorf, Switzerland
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68–72 kg (150–159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2019	WCC Team[1]
2020	Bigla–Katusha[2]
2021	Alé BTC Ljubljana[3]
2022–2024	SD Worx
2025-	Movistar Team
Major wins
Major Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (2022,2023) One-day races and Classics European Time Trial Championships (2021,2022,2023)
Medal record Women'sroad bicycle racing Representing Switzerland Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Time trial World Championships 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay 2020 Imola Time trial 2021 Brugge Time trial 2022 Wollongong Time trial European Championships 2021 Trentino Time trial 2022 Munich Time trial 2023 Drenthe Time trial 2020 Plouay Mixed team relay 2020 Plouay Time trial European Games 2019 Minsk Time trial

She took up competitive cycling whilst at university, riding in the cycling legs of mixed relaytriathlons as an amateur. She entered the road events of the Swiss national cycling championships in 2017, a few months after receiving a racing licence and whilst in the final year of studies for a degree in medicine: she won thetime trial and was runner up in theroad race. Her success earned her selection for that year'sEuropean Road Championships.^[4] She also rode in thewomen's time trial event at the2017 UCI Road World Championships.^[5] In 2019 Reusser took up a place at theWorld Cycling Centre inAigle, deciding to ride full-time. During her year with the WCC she finished third at theBeNe Ladies Tour and sixth in theWorld Championship individual time trial.^[4]

The following year she took a top 10 finish atLiège–Bastogne–Liège.^[4] She also rode in theindividual time trial at the2020 UCI Road World Championships inImola, where she won the silver medal.^[6]

For the 2021 season, Reusser joined theAlé BTC Ljubljana team, following the collapse ofÉquipe Paule Ka.^[7] She rode in theindividual time trial at the2021 UCI Road World Championships inBrugge, where she won the bronze medal.

After one season there, she joinedSD Worx in 2022.^[4] She won stage 4 of the2022 Tour de France Femmes in a solo breakaway. She was also named most combative rider for the day. She rode in theindividual time trial at the2022 UCI Road World Championships inWollongong, where she won the bronze medal - as well as themixed team relay where she won the gold medal.

In 2023, Reusser wonGent–Wevelgem, as well as theItzulia Women andTour de Suisse Women stage races. At theTour de France Femmes, she won the stage 8 time trial in Pau.^[8]

Marleen Reusser grew up in a farming family in the SwissEmmental. Until 16 she played violin, and participated at an arts support program at theUniversity of the Arts Bern. In school she started running, after a couple of ankle injuries she switched to swimming and cycling. 2008–2009 she was president of theBernese YoungGreens. Aftermatura she studiedmedicine and worked as assistant doctor for surgery. 2017–2018 she was in the board of the Emmental Green Party. During the preparation for the road world championship 2018 inInnsbruck, she worked part time as a doctor in theLangnau hospital.^[9][10][11]

• Marlen Reusser atUCI 
• Marlen Reusser at Cycling Archives 
• Marlen Reusser at ProCyclingStats 
• Marlen Reusser at Cycling Quotient 
• Marlen Reusser at CycleBase 
• Marlen Reusser atOlympedia