Since 1992, the Velo d'Or (Golden Bicycle) has honoured the best cyclist. Last year, the organisers introduced a separate category for women. Further categories are to follow this year - including the best classic cyclist. We have compiled the nominations for the Velo d'Or 2023. Once again, 10 men and 10 women have been nominated for the award. In the category "best male or female classic rider" there are only five. Who will win the Velo d'Or 2023?
Velo d'Or nominations 2023: Men
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step / Belgium)
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek / Denmark)
- Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck / Belgium)
- Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers / Great Britain)
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates / Slovenia)
- Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma / Slovenia)
- Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma / Belgium)
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck / Netherlands)
- Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma / Denmark)
- Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates / Great Britain)
Velo d'Or nominations 2023: Women
- Demi Vollering (SD Worx / Netherlands)
- Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx / Belgium)
- Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx / Netherlands)
- Marlen Reusser (SD Worx / Switzerland)
- Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar / Netherlands)
- Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek / Italy)
- Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek / Italy)
- Juliette Labous (dsm-firmenich / France)
- Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing / Poland)
- Alison Jackson (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB / Canada)
Following the introduction of a separate category for female cyclists just last year, there will be further categories at the 2023 awards ceremony in which the best in their discipline will be honoured. The nominations for the best male or female classic cyclist have already been published. Five have been nominated in each category.
Nomination of the best classic rider 2023:
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step / Belgium)
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek / Denmark)
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates / Slovenia)
- Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma / Belgium)
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck / Netherlands)
Nomination of the best female classic rider 2023:
- Alison Jackson (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB / Canada)
- Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx / Belgium)
- Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek / Italy)
- Marlen Reusser (SD Worx / Switzerland)
- Demi Vollering (SD Worx / Netherlands)
The Velo d'Or of the Year will be awarded on 24 October in Paris, France.
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.
Lukas Niebuhr
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