Pogacar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, van der Poel - Velo d'Or reveals 10 male and female nominees

The winners of the Velo d'Or will be announced on the 5th of December in Paris and this Wednesday we've gotten to know the men and women nominated for the award. Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Demi Vollering are all amongst the list of contenders for the award.

João Almeida
Isaac del Toro
Tadej Pogacar
Ben Healy
Tim Merlier
Remco Evenepoel
Mads Pedersen
Mathieu van der Poel
Jonas Vingegaard
Simon Yates

Tadej Pogacar has won this award back in 2021, and last year he was completely unmatched. There is no argument that this year the Slovenian will be the winner of the Velo d'Or once again.

On paper it is a competition for second place, which can be between the likes of Mathieu van der Poel (Paris-Roubaix and Milano-Sanremo), Jonas Vingegaard (2nd Tour de France and Vuelta a España winner), Remco Evenepoel (world and time trial World Champion) and potentially Isaac del Toro, second at the Giro d'Italia but winner of 16 pro races this year.

Giro winner Simon Yates is also present on this list, Tim Merlier has been rated the top sprinter as he is the only pure specialist on the list, whilst João Almeida, Ben Healy and Mads Pedersen are also in the run.

Marianne Vos
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
Kim Le Court
Elisa Longo Borghini
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Puck Pieterse
Demi Volllering
Lorena Wiebes
Mischa Bredewold
Marlen Reusser

On the women's side we should have a tighter battle, although the list does not include the world champion Magdeleine Vallieres surprisingly. The battle for the win should be between Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, winner of the Tour de France Femmes and Paris-Roubaix Femmes; Lorena Wiebes who is the new Gravel World Champion and by far biggest winner of the year; Marlen Reusser who has won several stage-races, the World and European time trial Championships; And Demi Vollering who has been consistent all year long and is amongst others the winner of Strade Bianche Donne, Vuelta Femenina and the European Championships.

Marianne Vos, Kim Le Court, Giro Donne winner Elisa Longo Borghini, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Puck Pieterse and Mischa Bredewold are also in the run for the top spots.