Candidates for 2024 Velo d'Or revealed: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Mathieu van der Poel, Lotte Kopecky and more!
CyclingMonday, 14 October 2024 at 17:30
Every year the Velo d'Or is awarded to some of the best cyclists on the planet for that specific year and at the end of October we will learn who some of the most prestigious journalists selected for this award. We have got the very best in the business from both the men's and women's side.
The men's vote has very little doubt on the winner. It is believed that pretty much unanimously Tadej Pogacar will receive maximum votes after winning two monuments, two Grand Tours, the World title, over two dozen World Tour races and scored over double the UCI points of his closest rival Remco Evenepoel. Mathieu van der Poel, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and all other big hitters of the season will be eligible for voting.
Contenders for men's Velo d'Or:
Jonas Vingegaard
Primoz Roglic
Remco Evenepoel
Biniam Girmay
Marc Hirschi
Mathieu van der Poel
Tadej Pogacar
Ben O'Connor
Matteo Jorgenson
Tim Merlier
Jonas Vingegaard
Primoz Roglic
Remco Evenepoel
Biniam Girmay
Marc Hirschi
Mathieu van der Poel
Tadej Pogacar
Ben O'Connor
Matteo Jorgenson
Tim Merlier
In the women's side we do expect a more open battle featuring World Champion Lotte Kopecky; Giro Donne winner Elisa Longo Borghini; Vuelta winner Demi Vollering; Tour de France Femmes winner Katarzyna Niewiadoma; Dominating sprinter Lorena Wiebes; Olympic road race champion Kristen Faulkner and time-trial Olympic and World champion Grace Brown.
Contenders for women's Velo d'Or:
Demi Vollering
Lorena Wiebes
Pauliena Rooijakkers
Grace Brown
Evita Muzic
Lotte Kopecky
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Marianne Vos
Kristen Faulkner
Elisa Longo Borghini
Demi Vollering
Lorena Wiebes
Pauliena Rooijakkers
Grace Brown
Evita Muzic
Lotte Kopecky
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Marianne Vos
Kristen Faulkner
Elisa Longo Borghini
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- I thought with a team change we would see a different Pidcock. It started well early season, but this interview sounds like the same old same old. I had hoped for more - but no. He might yet surprise us , but I wouldn't bet on it.Cyclingsbestfan03-06-2025
- It was the penultimate stage. Everyone was tired, all 3 of them. There was no way Yates could have been that much stronger than either Del Toro or Carapaz, and that was obvious from the previous stage. To top it off, Del Toro had a lead of a minute and 20 on Yates. It was a long climb, but Yates would have had to be superman to overcome even just a one minute lead on such a climb. Even with Van Aert helping Yates on the descent, there was virtually little chance that Del Toro could have lost his commanding lead. The only way that things would have turned out the way it did is if Del Toro gave up fighting before he had lost the maglia rosa, either because he had nothing more to give or convinced he had lost.. It was wrong for him to think that he had already lost the maglia rosa, and was just doing his best not to lose 2nd place. The UAE DS should have insisted that he go after Yates as best he could when it became apparent that Carapaz can not drop him, even with Carapaz on his tail. He should have shifted his focus from Carapaz to Yates at that point, and pushed as hard as he can the way he did on a previous stage where he was dropped but eventually kept the maglia rosa by a slim margin. He should have won, but hindsight is always 20/20, and all of this is water under the bridge. Outstanding Giro drama, and all 3 deserve huge congratulations.FredMan03-06-2025
- Pedersen... performs at the highest levels all year round not just in Julyslappers6603-06-2025
- Yeah, we all love Wout. Regarding this victory, it was meant to be, Wout was supposed to have his Giro debut last year but had to cancel because of his accident. Visma got no GT victories in 2024 and when they finally got WVA ride la Corsa rosa he not only wins a stage but then he's crucial with helping both Simon Yates and Olav K achieve their goals. What a first showingmhfrvz03-06-2025
- Pogi can also be good at devising his own winning strategy under stress, like in the sixth stage of the 2023 Tour, where he bounced back from a Stage 5 that was so bad he just wanted to go home to surprise and drop a top-form Vingegaard in the finale.Hill3303-06-2025
- And Adam, then it'll be your turn as wellmhfrvz03-06-2025
- Yates you can! And he could!! 👏👏mhfrvz03-06-2025
- I think del Toro was on his limit and maybe he could or maybe he couldn't have followed Yates but I think he and Carapaz didn't feel Yates would stay away.. Del Toro will have his day, he's a big talent and he's still developing. Can't wait to see this young man win a grand tour in the future.awp03-06-2025
- I was going to write something this oddly pedantic, so good job on beating me to the punch! -An Economistacem8203-06-2025
- So, he changed his mind. Now, he wants to ride Vuelta.
KerisVroom03-06-2025
If the men's award is based purely on performance then it is a no contest. But if some consideration is given to the cyclist who has influenced the largest number of people to either take up the sport or become fans through his historic and unprecedented achievements, then I would argue that Biniam Girmay has a fair shout.
Last year we had someone win two monuments and the road worlds and the CX worlds. Then we had the Tour winner win the award. By those rules it is irrelevant what else Pogacar did this year. He deserves the award. Sure, that’s silly, but so was last year’s decision.
Which goes to show 2 things, the Tour is always overweighted and CX underweighted.
Cycling fans are not really cycling fans, they only like the parts they like.
It’s like saying you’re a tennis fan and only considering mixed doubles or lawn or being an athletics fan but only for the 100m at the Olympics.
Man, CX is a serious thing in exactly 2 countries in the world, if Wout and MvdP didn't ride it then nobody would give a f about it. And since you mentioned tennis, it's like talking about ATP 250 among GS tournaments, it's laughable
Let's not be so simplistic. Jonas also won Basque and Dauphine, very convincingly, and finished 2nd in the Vuelta, which he could also probably win if it wasn't for team decision
And please don't mention CX worlds, if Wout and MvdP didn't ride CX nobody would give a f. That sport is taken seriously in exactly 2 countries
Btw, I'm definitely not a Jonas fan
We all know that there are no nominations necessary this year among men, we all know who will win. But that Philipsen isn't nominated is still a massive joke