To mark the end of 2024, the team of Cyclism’Actu offers you different top 10s. After the top 10 of the best sprinters, here is that of the best runners with generous rankings of the season. A season marked by numerous battles between the best climbers in the peloton, particularly on the Tour de France. If the overwhelming domination of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) obviously left little room for doubt as to the highest step of the podium, the rest of the ranking remains more open. First, we offer you a brief look back at the season of the main competitors in this ranking, before 4 of our editors present their top 10.
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The main competitors
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia) : 25 victories, including 3 general classifications (3 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– Winner of the Tour de France
– Winner of the Giro d'Italia
– Winner of the Tour of Catalonia
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike, Denmark) : 9 victories, including 3 general classifications (2 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– 2nd in the Tour de France
– Winner of Tirreno-Adriatico
– Winner of the Tour of Poland
– Winner of the Great Way
Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, Slovenia) : 8 victories, including 2 general classifications (2 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– Winner of La Vuelta
– Winner of the Critérium du Dauphiné
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium) : 9 victories, including 1 general classification (0 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– 3rd in the Tour de France
– Winner of the Tour of the Algarve
– 2nd in Paris-Nice
– 7th in the Dauphiné criterium
Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Monde, Australie) : 3 victories, including 0 general classification
Main results on general rankings:
– 2e of La Vuelta
– 4th of the Giro d'Italia
– 2nd in the UAE Tour
– 5e de Tirreno-Adriatico
– 2nd in the Tour of the Alps
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike, United States): 2 victories, including 1 general classification (1 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– Winner of Paris-Nice
– 2nd in the Critérium du Dauphiné
– 8th in the Tour de France
Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step, Spain): 0 victoire
Main results on general rankings:
– 5th in the Tour de France
– 8e of La Vuelta
– 2nd in the Tour of Catalonia
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates, Grande-Bretagne) : 6 victories, including 2 general classification (1 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– Winner of the Tour de Suisse
– 6th in the Tour de France
– Winner of the Tour of Oman
– 12e of La Vuelta
Enric Mas (Movistar Team, Spain) : 0 victoire
Main results on general rankings:
– 3e of La Vuelta
– 5th in the Tour of Catalonia
– 6th in the Tour de Romandie
– 7th in the Tour de Suisse
Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers, Spain): 3 victories, including 1 general classification (1 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– Winner of the Tour de Romandie
– 7th in the Tour de France
– 2nd in the Tour of the Basque Country
– 4th in the Criterium du Dauphiné
– 10e of La Vuelta
Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates, Portugal): 2 victories, including 0 general classification
Main results on general rankings:
– 4th in the Tour de France
– 2nd in the Tour de Suisse
– 9th in the Tour of Catalonia
Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates, Spain) : 4 victories, including 1 general classification (1 in WorldTour)
Main results on general rankings:
– Winner of the Tour of the Basque Country
– 2nd of Tirreno-Adriatico
– 5th in the Tour de Romandie
– 5th of the Tour de Luxembourg
The top 10 editors
Titouan Labourie :
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike, Denmark)
3. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, Slovenia)
4. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
5. Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Monde, Australia)
6. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike, United States)
7. Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step, Spain)
8. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates, Grande-Bretagne)
9. Enric Mas (Movistar Team, Spain)
10. Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers, Spain)
Jérémy Lafont:
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike, Denmark)
3. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, Slovenia)
4. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
5. Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Monde, Australia)
6. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike, United States)
7. Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates, Portugal)
8. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates, Spain)
9. Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step, Spain)
10. Enric Mas (Movistar Team, Spain)
Martin Laruelle :
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, Slovenia)
3. Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Monde, Australia)
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike, Denmark)
5. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
6. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike, United States)
7. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates, Spain)
8. Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers, Spain)
9. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek, Denmark)
10. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers, Colombia)
Arthur De Smedt:
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike, Denmark)
3. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, Slovenia)
4. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
5. Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Monde, Australia)
6. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike, United States)
7. Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates, Portugal)
8. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates, Grande-Bretagne)
9. Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step, Spain)
10. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates, Spain)
