Candidates for 2024 Velo d'Or revealed: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Mathieu van der Poel, Lotte Kopecky and more!

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

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