POLL | Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel, Mathieu van der Poel... Who will win the men's 2024 Velo d'Or?
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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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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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The 2024 Velo d'Or nominees 🏆 The winners will be announced on December 6. 📸 Getty Images
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