Cycling prepares to honour Gino Mader during Velo d'Or awards
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On Friday, 6th December, the cycling world will come together to celebrate its most outstanding athletes as the Velo d’Or awards are handed out once again, honouring the best male and female cyclists of 2024. This prestigious event marks a highlight of the cycling calendar, recognising the talent, dedication, and achievements of the sport’s top performers.
This year, however, the ceremony will introduce a heartfelt new tribute: the Gino Mäder Award. Named in memory of Gino Mäder, who tragically passed away last year following a crash during the Tour de Suisse, the award will highlight a different facet of the sport, the social impact made by its athletes.
The Gino Mäder Award is set to honour cyclists who dedicate themselves to social causes and initiatives, acting as inspiring role models within and beyond their sport. Mäder was well-known for his commitment to making a difference, particularly through his environmental advocacy. His passion for a greener planet will be the guiding inspiration for the award.
One poignant example of Mäder’s dedication came after the 2021 Vuelta a España when he donated 4,529 euros to Justdiggit, a non-profit organisation committed to combating climate change through reforestation and greening initiatives in Africa, as reported by Wielerflits. This kind of dedication and selflessness exemplifies the type of initiatives that the Gino Mäder Award aims to recognise.
As the cycling world looks forward to celebrating its champions on December 6th, the introduction of this award ensures that the legacy of Gino Mäder, and the values he stood for, will continue to inspire future generations.
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- That’s the most stupid thing I’ve read for a long time, did you not go to school and learn even the most basic physics? Aero depends on one thing only, drag, drag depends speed and the relationship is squared and apart from maybe at zero or the speed of sound or due to side winds that relationship is valid at all speeds, it dies not “suddenly” start at a magic number. Very simply, the faster you go the more the effect becomes important. If you think 25km/h is needed to have noticeable effects you’re delusional, athletic WR are cancelled as soon as winds top 2m/s that’s 7.2km/h, why because the assistance is already too important at that speed and the times prove it. You don’t even consider wind which can significantly increase the effective speed for aerodynamics and you underestimate speed of climbs, 6% is ridden more at 30 than 25km/h, a speed at which early generation high rims were considered to have more advantages than disadvantages. And finally, as in normal races you can’t just switch bikes according to terrain, it’s pretty pointless to discuss climbs as a separate situation, the aero will have justified itself plenty during the rest of the ride.Mistermaumau21-12-2024
- If you look at how much TP progressed in that 1 1/2 years you can no longer say that’s nothing. If Remco improves as much he’s a challenger!Mistermaumau21-12-2024
- Froome wishing to ride the Vuelta...he won't even be selected for the team!frieders320-12-2024
- Keep telling yourself that Remco but you not only have Tadeg to beat but Jonas!frieders320-12-2024
- Seems farfetched - I agree. Mas has beaten him once. Giro d'Emillia I think - 2022mobk20-12-2024
- Barring injuries, by the time Pogacar's dominance fads there will be lots of new young talent. Pogacar is about 1 1/2 years older than Remco. That's nothing.Sweep20-12-2024
- I actually don’t find that too impressive. In my later forties I did similar figures for a 3.5% gradient as a total nobody with no wind assistance. Am sure there’s margin for improvement there, especially looking at all the names on that list.Mistermaumau20-12-2024
- Jonas', was 6 years agospock12320-12-2024
- The race where he overnight suddenly turned nuclear after being packfodder at best for several years. His Sky days after that Vuelta and Pogačar’s last season shall remain the darkest post Lance stuff cycling has witnessed. Good riddance Froome.
UltimateOpportunist20-12-2024 - Finishing the Vuelta seems to be a reasonably attainable goal. Getting on the team to do that will be the more difficult challenge.
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