Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, winner of the Tour de France and the Giro in 2024, won the 2024 Vélo d’Or, making him the best cyclist in the world. Among the women, it was the Belgian cyclist Lotte Kopecky who won the prestigious award.
The consecration for Tadej Pogacar. Untouchable in this 2024 season and despite an absence at the Paris Olympic Games, the Slovenian cyclist won the Vélo d’Or trophy, rewarding the best cyclist of the year 2024, this Friday, December 6 in Paris.
Already awarded in 2021, Tadej Pogacar, who crushed the season with victories in the Tour de France, the Tour of Italy and the World Championships, succeeds the Dane Jonas Vingegaard on the list of this prize organized by Vélo Magazine and considered as the most prestigious in cycling.
In addition to the Vélo d’or, the Slovenian was also rewarded with the Eddy Merckx prize for the best classics rider thanks to his successes in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tour of Lombardy, the Strade Bianche and the Worlds.
Bardet, Ferrand-Prévot and Léauté rewarded
Among the women, Lotte Kopecky, who won the World Championships and the legendary Paris-Roubaix race, is rewarded for the first time with a Vélo d’Or, succeeding the Dutchwoman Demi Vollering. Just like Tadej Pogacar, the Belgian also won the Eddy Merckx prize this Friday.
Numerous awards were awarded during the evening, such as the Bernard Hinault prize, given to Romain Bardet as the best French rider of the season, notably thanks to his victory during the first stage of the Tour de France and his second place on Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
The Daniel Morelon Prize for best French cyclist representing off-road Olympic sports (track, BMX and mountain biking) went to Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Olympic mountain biking champion in Paris. Its world equivalent, the Chris Hoy Prize, was awarded to the king of track speed, the Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen, three-time Olympic champion at the Paris Games. The Trophy for the best French para-cyclist was awarded to Alexandre Léauté.
Finally, the Gino Mäder Prize rewarding solidarity actions or societal causes named after the Swiss rider who died after a fall during the Tour de Suisse in 2023, was awarded to the Spaniard Luis Angel Maté.
