One of the most global sports, riders and fans come from all over the world when it comes to cycling. But in the peloton, who is the most followed on X (Twitter) and can therefore lay claim to being the most popular?
The top four are four veterans who are a world ahead of the rest, two British and two Colombians: Chris Froome, Rigoberto Urรกn, Mark Cavendish and Nairo Quintana. Froome leads the list with 1.5 million followers, a vast chasm more than Wout van Aert who is the fifth with less than 300,000.
Behind are Tadej Pogacar, Mathieu van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel. The popularity of the old glories is tremendous, although it is also due to the fact that cyclists used to be much more active on this network and are now much less communicative with their fans.
The extreme example is the winner of the last two editions of the Tour de France, Jonas Vingegaard, who has barely 11,000 followers on an account he opened last June and on which there is not a single post.
CYCLING STARS WITH THE MOST FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER.
- ๐ฌ๐ง Chris Froome: 1,500,000 followers
- ๐จ๐ด Rigoberto Uran: 1,400,000 followers
- ๐ฌ๐ง Mark Cavendish: 1,300,000 followers
- ๐จ๐ด Nairo Quintana: 1,200,000 followers
- ๐ง๐ช Wout van Aert: 292,900 followers
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Tadej Pogacar: 251,300 followers
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Mathieu van der Poel: 220,700 followers
- ๐ง๐ช Remco Evenepoel: 160,300 followers
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- Homie here acting like Pogacar had competition or something when he wonโt the Giro ๐MrMcGibletts31-05-2026
- The "I have it before you" doesn't need to be interpreted as a spiteful and jealous rivalry. It's a healthy rivalry. Both have said that they push each other on. And, on a different matter, Pogaฤar doesn't skip the Vuelta to focus on other races. He stays at home
Rafionain-Glas31-05-2026 - There's a simple economic reason why these sport directors call for this claptrap. They want to be able to under perform and never have to worry about losing their places at the highest levels of the sport. If he gets this, he's locked in, no stress to perform. As it is, he's always 2 bad seasons from losing his sponsors and his license. So, this would stop any new upcoming team from competing against his team. Cycling stagnates. It's a typical thing done by monopolies and oligopolies, use their greater sway with the rule makers to prevent competition! -An Economistacem8231-05-2026
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- Pog is the heavy favorite, but I agree, the "heavy" part seems less than it did before this show of force by Jonas. He said - and I believe him - that he is not "on his knees" despite three weeks of racing. If he recovers well and stays healthy, it will be a fun TDF.MidnightRider31-05-2026
- yeah was thinking the same thing. Tadej would probably be congratulatory of Jonas, not jealous. the only reason Tadej does not have the trilogy is because has hasn't tried to win them all. totally idiotic article.mij31-05-2026
- What an idiotic comment. The fact that the best GC rider in the world hasn't won the Vuelta yet is purely because he prioritized races that are harder for him to win. It's irrelevant when you do it, only that you do in your careervappaxbipmv30-05-2026
- What was amazing, is that Jonas never looked like he was going deep at all, but appeared like it was just a cosy training day while leaving his competitors in the dust. TDF is becoming increasingly exciting to watch.Jakob30-05-2026
- The Lipowitz curse is officially broken! Unless Hindley crashes out tomorrow...Rafionain-Glas30-05-2026
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โ Followers on Twitter/X ๐ด๐ป ๐ฌ๐ง Chris Froome 1 500 000 ๐จ๐ด Rigoberto Uran 1 400 000 ๐ฌ๐ง Mark Cavendish 1 300 000 ๐จ๐ด Nairo Quintana 1 200 000 ๐ง๐ช Wout van Aert 292 900 ๐ธ๐ฎ Tadej Pogacar 251 300 ๐ณ๐ฑ Mathieu van der Poel 220 700 ๐ง๐ช Remco Evenepoel 160 300 ๐ฉ๐ฐ Mads Pedersen 30 500 #cycling
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