The Vélo d’Or is a prestigious cycling prize from the French magazine Vélo Magazine. International cycling journalists choose who was the best cyclist of the past year.
Last year Julian Alaphilippe took the title, Bernal (2nd) and Roglic (3rd) were allowed on the podium of the Vélo d’Or. The only Belgian in the top 10 was Remco Evenepoel in 9th place.
This season there are 2 Belgians among the 15 nominees: again Remco Evenepoel and (of course) Wout van Aert.
Evenepoel won all stage races in 2020 in which he participated: the Tour of San Juan, the Tour of Algarve, the Tour of Burgos and the Tour of Poland. In the Tour of Lombardy, his season ended abruptly due to a fall over a wall.
This year Van Aert won Milan-Sanremo, Strade Bianche, 2 Tour stages, 1 stage in the Dauphiné and the Belgian time trial. He also collected second places at the World Championship time trial, the World Championship on the road and the Tour of Flanders.
The last Belgian to win the Vélo d’Or was Philippe Gilbert in 2011. Tom Boonen (2005) and Johan Museeuw (1996) also won the prestigious prize.
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