The Velo d'Or has been organised by the French magazine Velo Magazine since 1992. In 2022, the best male cyclist of the year and this year, for the first time, the best female cyclist of the year were also selected by a jury.
Velo d'Or: How the voting works
The voting panel is made up of international sports journalists who have selected their top five men and women from a shortlist. They were awarded 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point. The winners have now been announced.
Remco Evenepoel came out on top in the men's race. No wonder: the Belgian was world champion in 2022 and also won his first major three-week national tour with the Vuelta a Espana. He relegated Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar to second and third place. Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, on the other hand, only finished in fourth place.
Velo d'Or 2022: Result of the men
- 1st place: Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl/Belgium) - 139 points
- 2nd place: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma/Belgium) - 88 points
- 3rd place Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates/Slovenia) - 84 points
- 4th place: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma/Denmark) - 80 points
- 5th place: Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers/Italy) - 15 points
- 6th place: Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl/Netherlands) - 7 points
- 6th place: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck/Netherlands) - 7 points
- 6th place: Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) - 7 points
- 9th place: Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe/Australia) - 6 points
- 10th place: Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma/Slovenia) - 1 point
- 10th place: Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers/Great Britain) - 1 point
The result in the women's category was even clearer. Annemiek van Vleuten receives the Velo d'Or after an outstanding season. The Dutchwoman won the Giro Donne, Tour de France Femmes, the women's Vuelta and the World Championship title in the road race in 2022. She is followed by Lotte Kopecky and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.
Velo d'Or 2022: Women's result
- 1st place: Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar/Netherlands) - 145 points
- 2nd place: Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx/Belgium) - 69 points
- 3rd place: Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) - 48 points
- 3rd place: Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo/Italy) - 48 points
- 5th place: Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM/Netherlands) - 40 points
- 6th place: Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma/Netherlands) - 27 points
- 7th place: Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Suez Futuroscope/Italy) - 22 points
- 8th place: Demi Vollering (SD Worx/Netherlands) - 21 points
- 9th place: Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo/Italy) - 7 points
- 9th place: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez Futuroscope/Denmark) - 7 points
- 11th place: Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service/Italy) - 1 point
The previous winners of the Velo d'Or
- 1992: Miguel Indurain
- 1993: Miguel Indurain
- 1994: Tony Rominger
- 1995: Laurent Jalabert
- 1996: Johan Museeuw
- 1997: Jan Ullrich
- 1998: Marco Pantani
1999: Lance Armstrong2000: Lance Armstrong2001: Lance Armstrong- 2002: Mario Cipollini
2003: Lance Armstrong2004: Lance Armstrong- 2005: Tom Boonen
- 2006: Paolo Bettini
- 2007: Alberto Contador
- 2008: Alberto Contador
- 2009: Alberto Contador
- 2010: Fabian Cancellara
- 2011: Philippe Gilbert
- 2012: Bradley Wiggins
- 2013: Chris Froome
- 2014: Alberto Contador
- 2015: Chris Froome
- 2016: Peter Sagan
- 2017: Chris Froome
- 2018: Alejandro Valverde
- 2019: Julian Alaphilippe
- 2020: Primoz Roglic
- 2021: Tadej Pogacar
- 2022: Remco Evenepoel
Ladies
- 2022: Annemiek van Vleuten
*Lance Armstrong was stripped of his five Velo d'Or awards as a result of his doping offences
