Like every year since 1992, the Golden Bikelittle brother of Ballon d’Oris awarded at the end of the season to the best rider in the peloton. With the changes made to the formula last year, there will be a total of 8 categories and as many trophies awarded to the different winners. The latter will be elected from among those appointed to the Men’s Golden Bikeau Women’s Golden Biketo Eddy Merckx Men’s and Women’s Trophies (best Classics rider of the year), Bernard Hinault Trophy (best French and French road runner), at the Daniel Morelon Trophy (best French runner in the different Olympic disciplines), Trophy for the best cyclist in the world in the different Olympic disciplines and all newau Trophy for the best French para-cyclistwhich were all revealed this Monday by the daily The team and of which you can find the complete list below. The second ceremony of Golden Bike will take place on Friday December 6 live from the Pavillon Gabriel in Paris.
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The list of 10 nominees for the Men’s Vélo d’Or
– Remco Evenepoel (Belgique, Soudal Quick-Step)
– Biniam Girmay (Eritrea, Intermarché-Wanty)
– Marc Hirschi (Suisse, UAE Team Emirates)
– Matteo Jorgenson (USA, Visma | Lease a Bike)
– Tim Merlier (Belgique, Soudal Quick-Step)
– Ben O’Connor (Australia, Decathlon AG2R La Monde)
– Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates)
– Primoz Roglic (Slovenia, Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)
– Mathieu van der Poel (Pays-Bas, Alpecin-Deceuninck)
– Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark, Visma | Lease a Bike)
The list of 10 nominees for the Vélo d’Or Femmes
– Grace Brown (Australia, FDJ-SUEZ)
– Kristen Faulkner (USA, EF Oatly-Cannondale)
– Lotte Kopecky (Belgique, SD Worx-Protime)
– Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy, Lidl-Trek)
– Evita Muzic (France, FDJ-SUEZ)
– Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pologne, Canyon//SRAM Racing)
– Pauline Rooijakkers (Pays-Bas, Fenix-Deceuninck)
– Demi Vollering (Pays-Bas, SD Worx-Protime)
– Marianne Vos (Pays-Bas, Visma | Lease a Bike)
– Lorena Wiebes (Pays-Bas, SD Worx-Protime)
Eddy Merckx Trophy, Bernard Hinault… The nominees in the other categories
The 5 nominated for the Eddy Merckx Men’s trophy (Best Classic rider)
– Marc Hirschi (Suisse, UAE Team Emirates)
– Jasper Philipsen (Belgique, Alpecin-Deceuninck)
– Mads Pedersen (Denmark, Lidl-Trek)
– Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates)
– Mathieu van der Poel (Pays-Bas, Alpecin-Deceuninck)
The 5 nominated for the Eddy Merckx Women trophy (Best Classics rider)
– Elisa Balsamo (Italy, Lidl-Trek)
– Lotte Kopecky (Belgique, SD Worx-Protime)
– Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy, Lidl-Trek)
– Marianne Vos (Pays-Bas, Visma | Lease a Bike)
– Lorena Wiebes (Pays-Bas, SD Worx-Protime)
The 10 nominated for the Bernard Hinault trophy (best French runner)
– Romain Bardet (dsm-unternehmenich PostNL)
– Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
– Cédrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT-WNT)
– Juliette Labous (dsm-firmenich PostNL)
– Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
– Christophe Laporte (Visma | Lease a Bike)
– Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ)
– Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ)
– Evita Muzic (Groupama-FDJ)
– Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa – B&B Hotels)
The 5 nominated for the trophy for the best French para-cyclist
– Mathieu Bosredon
– Heïdi Gaugain
-Florian Jouanny
– Alexandre Léauté
-Marie Patouillet
The 5 nominated for the Daniel Morelon trophy (Best French runner in Olympic disciplines)
– Sylvain André (BMX)
– Joris Daudet (BMX)
– Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (MTB)
– Victor Koretzky (VTT)
– Benjamin Thomas (Track)
The 5 nominated for the trophy for the best runner in the world in the different Olympic disciplines
– Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand, Track)
– Joris Daudet (France, BMX)
– Alan Haterly (South Africa, MTB)
– Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands, Track)
– Tom Pidcock (Great Britain, mountain bike)
