On the 6th of December, the Velo d'Or awards will take place on the Pavillon Gabriel, Paris. This will be the day where the road cyclists of the year award will be given and we take a look at the 10 contenders and their main results throughout the season.
In the list we have two UAE Team Emirates riders in Tadej Pogacar and Marc Hirschi; two Soudal - Quick-Step riders in Remco Evenepoel and Tim Merlier; two Team Visma | Lease a Bike riders in Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson; and then in addition also Mathieu van der Poel, Biniam Girmay, Primoz Roglic and Ben O'Connor. Logic would dictate that Tadej Pogacar is heading for certain victory after achieving incomparable success over this year when it comes to modern cycling. However it would be easy to forget about Remco Evenepoel incredible season finale which includes double Olympic success, or Mathieu van der Poel's two monuments and two world titles obtained in a single year. The fight for all positions is open and below we rate the best results of the year for each of the candidates:
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) - 1st Tour de France (+6 stage wins); 1st Giro d'Italia (+6 stage wins & KOM classification); Road Race World Championships; Liège-Bastogne-Liège; Il Lombardia; Strade Bianche; 1st Volta a Catalunya (+4 stage wins & Points & KOM classifications); GP de Montréal; Giro dell'Emilia; 3rd Milano-Sanremo.
Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) - 2nd Tour de France (+1 stage win); 1st Tirreno-Adriatico (+2 stage wins); 1st Tour de Pologne; 1st Gran Camiño (+3 stage wins).
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick-Step) - 1st Olympic Games Road Race; 1st Olympic Games Time-Trial; 1st Time-Trial World Championships; 3rd Tour de France (+1 stage win & Youth Classification); 2nd Il Lombardia; 2nd Paris-Nice (+1 stage win); 1st Volta ao Algarve (+1 stage win); 1 stage win Criterium du Dauphiné; Figueira Champions Classic.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) - Cyclocross World Championships; Gravel World Championships; Paris-Roubaix; Tour of Flanders; E3 Saxo Classic; 3rd Road Race World Championships; 3rd Liège-Bastogne-Liége; 2nd Gent-Wevelgem.
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché - Wanty) - 3 stage wins Tour de France & Points classification; Circuit Franco-Belge; Surf Coast Classic; 2nd GP de Québec; 3rd BEMER Cyclassics.
Primoz Roglic (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) - Vuelta a España (+3 stage wins); Criterium du Dauphiné (+2 stage wins); 1 stage win Itzulia Basque Country.
Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) - Paris-Nice; Dwars door Vlaanderen; 2nd Criterium du Dauphiné; 8th Tour de France; 9th Olympic Games Road Race.
Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) - Clásica San Sebastián; Bretagne Classic; Coppa Agostoni; Memorial Marco Pantani; GP Industria & Artigianato; Coppa Sabatini; Fan Drôme Classic; Czech Tour (+1 stage win); 2nd Amstel Gold Race.
Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) - 2nd Road Race World Championships; 2nd Vuelta a España (+1 stage win); 2nd UAE Tour; 4th Giro d'Italia; 2nd Tour of the Alps; 5th Tirreno-Adriatico; Vuelta a Murcia.
Tim Merlier (Soudal - Quick-Step) - 3 stage wins Giro d'Italia; Road Race European Championships; Scheldeprijs; Nokere Koerse; Gooikse Pijl; Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 3 stage wins UAE Tour; 2 stage wins AlUla Tour; 2 stage wins Baloise Belgium Tour; 1 stage win Tour de Pologne.
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