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Vélo d'Or

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Vélo d'Or
Logo for Vélo d'Or award, depicting a stylized bicycle wheel in gold
LocationFrance
Presented byVélo Magazine
First awarded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Current holdersSlovenia Tadej Pogačar
(2nd award)
Belgium Lotte Kopecky
(1st award)
Most awardsSpain Alberto Contador
(4 awards)

The Vélo d'Or (French for "Golden Bicycle") is an annual cycle racing award, given to the cyclist considered to have performed the best over the racing season. It is awarded by the French cycling magazine Vélo Magazine, with the winner chosen by a panel of international cycling journalists.[1] The Vélo d'Or is considered one of cycling's highest individual honors, similar to the Ballon d'Or in football.[2]

Since 2022, the Vélo d'Or Femmes has also been awarded to the best female cyclist of the season.[3] Both trophies are presented each year at the Pavillon Gabriel in Paris, alongside several sub-categories: the Eddy Merckx Trophy, awarded to the best classics rider since 2023, and the Chris Hoy Trophy, awarded to the best Olympics discipline rider since 2024.[2][4] There are also awards for French riders: from 1992 to 2022, the Vélo d'Or français was given to the best overall French cyclist. Since 2023, this has been subdivided into two awards: the "Trophée Bernard Hinault" for road cycling and the "Trophée Daniel Morelon" for other cycling disciplines.[4]

Alberto Contador holds the record for the most awards, winning the Vélo d'Or four times: in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2014. Lance Armstrong initially won the Vélo d'Or five times, but these victories were nullified after the USADA stripped him of his Tour de France titles following doping allegations and his eventual confession. The Vélo d'Or awards for these years were not reassigned to the runners-up.[5]


Men's awards

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Alberto Contador won 4 awards (2007, 2008, 2009, 2014)

Vélo d'Or winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1992  Miguel Indurain (ESP)  Tony Rominger (SUI)  Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)
1993  Miguel Indurain (ESP)  Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)  Tony Rominger (SUI)
1994  Tony Rominger (SUI)  Miguel Indurain (ESP)  Eugeni Berzin (RUS)
1995  Laurent Jalabert (FRA)  Miguel Indurain (ESP)  Abraham Olano (ESP)
1996  Johan Museeuw (BEL)  Bjarne Riis (DEN)  Alex Zülle (SUI)
1997  Jan Ullrich (GER)  Laurent Jalabert (FRA)  Marco Pantani (ITA)
1998  Marco Pantani (ITA)  Michele Bartoli (ITA)  Lance Armstrong (USA)
1999  Lance Armstrong (USA)[6]  Jan Ullrich (GER)  Andrei Tchmil (BEL)
2000  Lance Armstrong (USA)[6]  Erik Zabel (GER)  Jan Ullrich (GER)
2001  Lance Armstrong (USA)[6]  Erik Zabel (GER)  Erik Dekker (NED)
2002  Mario Cipollini (ITA)  Lance Armstrong (USA)[6]  Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2003  Lance Armstrong (USA)[6]  Paolo Bettini (ITA)  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
2004  Lance Armstrong (USA)[6]  Damiano Cunego (ITA)  Óscar Freire (ESP)
2005  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Lance Armstrong (USA)[6]  Danilo Di Luca (ITA)
2006  Paolo Bettini (ITA)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
2007  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)  Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2008  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)  Carlos Sastre (ESP)
2009  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Mark Cavendish (GBR)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
2010  Fabian Cancellara (SUI)  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Andy Schleck (LUX)
2011  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)  Cadel Evans (AUS)  Mark Cavendish (GBR)
2012  Bradley Wiggins (GBR)  Tom Boonen (BEL)  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
2013  Chris Froome (GBR)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Peter Sagan (SVK)
2014  Alberto Contador (ESP)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
2015  Chris Froome (GBR)  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Fabio Aru (ITA)
2016  Peter Sagan (SVK)  Chris Froome (GBR)  Nairo Quintana (COL)
2017  Chris Froome (GBR)  Tom Dumoulin (NED)  Peter Sagan (SVK)
2018  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)[7]  Geraint Thomas (GBR)  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2019  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)[8]  Egan Bernal (COL)  Primož Roglič (SLO)
2020  Primož Roglič (SLO)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Wout van Aert (BEL)
2021  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Primož Roglič (SLO)  Wout van Aert (BEL)
2022  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
2023  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
2024  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

Eddy Merckx Trophy (best classics rider)

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Year Winner Second Third
2023  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
2024  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)  Jasper Philipsen (BEL)

Women's awards

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Annemiek van Vleuten won the inaugural Vélo d'Or Femmes in 2022

Vélo d'Or Femmes winners

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Year Winner Second Third
2022  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
2023  Demi Vollering (NED)  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
2024  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Kasia Niewiadoma (POL)

Eddy Merckx Trophy (best classics rider)

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Year Winner Second Third
2023  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)  Demi Vollering (NED)  Alison Jackson (CAN)
2024  Lotte Kopecky (BEL)

Additional awards

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Chris Hoy Trophy

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The Chris Hoy Trophy is awarded to the best cyclist across the various Olympic cycling disciplines.

Year Winner
2024  Harrie Lavreysen (NED)

Gino Mäder Prize

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The Gino Mäder Prize honors rider's social commitment. It is named after cyclist Gino Mäder, who raised money and frequently spoke in support of humanitarian and environmental causes, before passing away in 2023 after a crash at the Tour de Suisse.[9]

Year Winner
2024  Luis Angel Mate (SPA)

References

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  1. ^ Hood, Andrew (15 October 2024). "Ranking the Best of 2024: Who Gets Your Vote for the Vélo d'Or Prize?". Velo. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Vélo d'Or 2024: the ceremony rewarding the best cyclists returns to Paris". Sortir a Paris. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  3. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (1 December 2022). "Annemiek van Vleuten, Remco Evenepoel win 2022 Velo d'Or awards". CyclingNews. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "La toute première cérémonie du Vélo d'Or aura lieu le 24 octobre". L'Équipe. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Armstrong : tout doit disparaître". Europe 1 (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Armstrong's results have been removed by Velo magazine due to evidence of performance enhancing drug use.
  7. ^ "Alejandro Valverde élu Vélo d'or 2018, Thibaut Pinot est le Vélo d'or français". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  8. ^ "Julian Alaphilippe élu Vélo d'or 2019". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Vélo d'Or create new Gino Mäder prize honouring riders' social commitment". CyclingNews. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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