To mark the end of 2024, the team of Cyclism’Actu offers you different top 10s. After the top 10 of the best sprinters and the best runners in the general classifications, here is that of the best Classic runners of the season. A season marked by the overwhelming domination of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), but also the double of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sur le Tour of Flanders et Paris-Roubaixor even the feat of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) aux Olympic Games. 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.
Video – Tadej Pogacar, crowned at the Zürich World Cup
The main competitors
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia) : 25 victories, including 6 Classics (5 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of the World Championships
– Winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
– Winner of the Tour of Lombardy
– Winner of the Strade Bianche
– Winner of the Montreal GP
– Winner of the Tour d’Émilie
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Pays-Bas) : 4 victories, including 3 Classics (3 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of Paris-Roubaix
– Winner of the Tour of Flanders
– Winner of the E3 Saxo Classic
– 3rd in the World Championships
– 3rd in Liège-Bastogne-Liège
– 2e de l’E3 Saxo Classic
– 10th of Milan-Sanremo
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium) : 9 victories, including 2 Classics (1 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of the Olympic Games
– 2nd in the Tour of Lombardy
– 5th in the World Championships
– Winner of the Figueira Champions Classic
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Belgium) : 9 victories, including 3 Classics (2 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of Milan-Sanremo
– 2nd in Paris-Roubaix
– Winner of the Classic Brugge-De Panne
– 4th the Hand-Wevelgem
– Winner of the Tour du Münster
– 3rd in Paris-Tours
Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates, Suisse) : 9 victories, including 7 Classics (2 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of the San Bestian Classic
– Winner of the Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France
– 2nd in the Amstel Gold Race
– Winner of the Faun Drôme Classic
– Winner of the Coppa Sabatini
– Winner of the Industry & Crafts GP
– Memorial winner Marco Pantani
– Winner of the Coppa Agostoni
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek, Denmark): 12 victories, including 1 Classic (1 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of Ghent-Wevelgem
– 3rd in Paris-Roubaix
– 4th of Milan-Sanremo
Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny, Belgium) : 3 victories, including 2 Classics (1 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of Eschborn-Frankfurt
– 4th in Liège-Bastogne-Liège
– 7th of Milan-Sanremo
– Winner of the GP Canton of Aargau
– 3e des Strade Bianche
– 3rd in La Flèche Wallonne
– 4th in the Montreal GP
– 2nd in GP Miguel Indurain
Toms Skujins (Lidl Trek, Latvia) : 0 victoire
Main results from one-day races:
– 4th in the World Championships
– 5th in the Olympic Games
– 2nd of Strade Bianche
– 10th in the Tour of Flanders
– 6th in the Montreal GP
– 8e de l’E3 Saxo Classic
Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates, Germany) : 1 victory, including 0 Classic
Main results from one-day races:
– 3rd in the Tour of Flanders
– 4th in Paris-Roubaix
– 2nd de l'Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
– 7e de l’E3 Saxo Classic
Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers, Great Britain): 1 victory, including 1 Classic (1 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of the Amstel Gold Race
– 4e des Strade Bianche
– 10th of Liège-Bastogne-Liège
– 8th de l'Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
– 2nd in the Tour d’Émilie
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny, Belgium): 7 victories, including 5 Classics (0 in WorldTour)
Main results from one-day races:
– Winner of the Belgian Championships
– Winner of the Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic
– Winner of the Tro-Bro Léon
– Winner of the Circuit de Wallonnie
– Winner of Binche-Chimay-Binche
– 4th in the Bretagne Classic
– 10th de l'Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
The top 10 editors
Titouan Labourie :
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Pays-Bas)
3. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
4. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Belgium)
5. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates, Suisse)
6. Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny, Belgium)
7. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek, Denmark)
8. Toms Skujins (Lidl Trek, Latvia)
9. Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates, Germany)
10. Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers, Great Britain)
Jérémy Lafont:
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Pays-Bas)
3. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
4. Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny, Belgium)
5. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates, Suisse)
6. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Belgium)
7. Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers, Great Britain)
8. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek, Denmark)
9. Toms Skujins (Lidl Trek, Latvia)
10. Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates, Germany)
Martin Laruelle :
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Pays-Bas)
3. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates, Suisse)
4. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Belgium)
5. Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny, Belgium)
6. Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgique)
7. Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates, Germany)
8. Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ, Australia)
9. Toms Skujins (Lidl Trek, Latvia)
10. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
Arthur De Smedt:
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates, Slovenia)
2. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Pays-Bas)
3. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates, Suisse)
4. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step, Belgium)
5. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Belgium)
6. Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny, Belgium)
7. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek, Denmark)
8. Toms Skujins (Lidl Trek, Latvia)
9. Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny, Belgium)
10. Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, France)
