Marijn van den Berg
Hometown
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Date of birth
19 July 1999
Languages
Dutch, English
Marijn van den Berg started cycling when he was seven. His dad would take him and his older brother out on the roads near their home, which was just outside the Dutch city of Utrecht, where Marijn still lives. For a while, Marijn wasn’t sure if he had much talent for racing, but he enjoyed getting the most out of himself on the bike. He rose through the ranks, riding for Dutch teams, before moving to France in 2021. That season, he had a breakout year, winning eight races with the juniors, including two stages of the Tour de L’Avenir. He is a strong sprinter who can get to the finish of hard-fought hilly races.
In 2022, his first season in the WorldTour, he earned a number of top-ten places. In 2023, he put to use all that he learned from his rookie season, taking wins at Trofeo Ses Salines - Alcudia and stage wins at the Tour of Poland and La Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi. He earned the sprinter's jersey at Région Pays de la Loire Tour and La Route d'Occitanie - La Dépêche du Midi and finished his first grand tour at the Vuelta a España.
2024 was Marijn’s best year yet. He won his first WorldTour race, out of a bunch sprint on the fourth stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, and won his first stage race, the Région Pays de la Loire Tour, where he also took home the sprinters’ jersey and two stage wins, as well as riding his first Tour de France. At the Tour, Marijn was consistently up there in sprints, duking it out with the fastest riders in the race.
He is going to keep training hard and working on his sprint so that next time he can beat them.
Question & answer
What's your first cycling memory?
Training rides with my older brother and dad, who taught us.
What’s the first thing you do when you get home after being away at a race?
Eat a stroopwafel.
If you had to cook dinner for the team, what would be on the menu?
A really nice lasagna.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Why?
I would be invisible, so I could do things without people knowing.
Coffee or tea? Any preferred preparation methods?
Tea. But if the cappuccino is good I like those too.
