Vélo d'Or

Vélo d'Or
Vélo d'Or
Date	1992; 32 years ago
Location	France
Presented by	Vélo Magazine
First awarded	1992
Current holder	Jonas Vingegaard; (1st award) ; Demi Vollering; (1st award)
Most awards	Alberto Contador; (4 awards)

The Vélo d'Or (French for "Golden Bicycle") is a cycle racing award, created in 1992 by the French cycling magazine Vélo Magazine. The award is given annually to the rider considered to have performed the best over the year and since 2022 there is also an award for the best female rider.

Originally, Lance Armstrong won the Vélo d'Or five times, but his results were removed after USADA stripped him of his Tour victories. The Vélo d'Or for these years was not given to the second-ranked cyclist.^[1] Alberto Contador holds the record of winning the award four times.

There is also a distinction for French racers named, from 1992 to 2022 "Vélo d'Or français": from 2023 this was subdivided between an award for road cycling, the "trophée Bernard Hinault", and the "trophée Daniel Morelon" for other disciplines. Since 2023 there have been awards for the best male and female classics riders, the "Trophée Eddy Merckx", and in 2024 a further award was introduced for non-road Olympic cycling disciplines.

Recipients

Men

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1992	Miguel Indurain (ESP)	Tony Rominger (SUI)	Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)
1993	Miguel Indurain (ESP)	Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)	Tony Rominger (SUI)
1994	Tony Rominger (SUI)	Miguel Indurain (ESP)	Eugeni Berzin (RUS)
1995	Laurent Jalabert (FRA)	Miguel Indurain (ESP)	Abraham Olano (ESP)
1996	Johan Museeuw (BEL)	Bjarne Riis (DEN)	Alex Zülle (SUI)
1997	Jan Ullrich (GER)	Laurent Jalabert (FRA)	Marco Pantani (ITA)
1998	Marco Pantani (ITA)	Michele Bartoli (ITA)	Lance Armstrong (USA)
1999	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^[2]	Jan Ullrich (GER)	Andrei Tchmil (BEL)
2000	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^[2]	Erik Zabel (GER)	Jan Ullrich (GER)
2001	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^[2]	Erik Zabel (GER)	Erik Dekker (NED)
2002	Mario Cipollini (ITA)	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^[2]	Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2003	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^[2]	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
2004	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^[2]	Damiano Cunego (ITA)	Óscar Freire (ESP)
2005	Tom Boonen (BEL)	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^[2]	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)
2006	Paolo Bettini (ITA)	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
2007	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Paolo Bettini (ITA)
2008	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Carlos Sastre (ESP)
2009	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
2010	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Andy Schleck (LUX)
2011	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
2012	Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
2013	Chris Froome (GBR)	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Peter Sagan (SVK)
2014	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
2015	Chris Froome (GBR)	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Fabio Aru (ITA)
2016	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Chris Froome (GBR)	Nairo Quintana (COL)
2017	Chris Froome (GBR)	Tom Dumoulin (NED)	Peter Sagan (SVK)
2018	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)^[3]	Geraint Thomas (GBR)	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)
2019	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)^[4]	Egan Bernal (COL)	Primož Roglič (SLO)
2020	Primož Roglič (SLO)	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Wout van Aert (BEL)
2021	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Primož Roglič (SLO)	Wout van Aert (BEL)
2022	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Wout van Aert (BEL)	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
2023	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)	Mathieu van der Poel (NED)	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)