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Belgian Remco Evenepoel and veteran Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten have been named winners of the prestigious V\u00e9lo d\u2019Or as the top road racers of 2022. The 40-year-old van Vleuten is the first female winner of the prize, which is awarded by France\u2019s V\u00e9lo magazine<\/a> after a vote by an international jury of cycling journalists. The Movistar rider had a truly outstanding season, winning the first Tour de France Femmes, the Giro d\u2019Italia Donne, the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta and her second World Road Race Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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She also won the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana<\/a>, the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad<\/a> and the Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge<\/a>, while finishing second in the Tour de Romandie, Strade Bianche, Tour of Flanders<\/a> and La Fl\u00e8che Wallonne<\/a>. It is not surprising, then, that she also won the overall 2022 UCI Women’s World Tour, in which points are awarded for the performances in 23 road cycling competitions and then added at the end of the year. Van Vleuten easily won with 4,683 points, well ahead of the second-place finisher, Lorena Wiebes, also of the Netherlands, who had 3,830 points.<\/p>\n

Lotte Kopecky, who won the Tour of Flanders<\/a> and Strade Bianche<\/a> this year, came in second in the V\u00e9lo d\u2019Or voting, with French off-road racer Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot third. Van Vleuten has been both a pioneer and a role model for younger woman riders in her long career, winning the Giro Donne three times and the La Vuelta Challenge twice. She has also racked up two World Road Race and two World Time Trial championships \u2013 after she turned 35. Thanks to her durability and persistence, she has been able to race long enough to profit from the new, more prestigious races that have been organized as women\u2019s road racing gained prominence and investors.<\/p>\n

Evenepoel did not win the 2022 UCI Men\u2019s World Tour. That honour went to Tadej Poga\u010dar, with Wout van Aert finishing second and Evenepoel third. However, he had an excellent year, winning both the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a> and the World Road Race Championship<\/a> in dominating style. In addition, he won the Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge and the Cl\u00e1sica San Sebasti\u00e1n to round off his breakout season. At 22, he is the youngest rider to win the V\u00e9lo d\u2019Or and he was clearly delighted by receiving the award.<\/p>\n

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Evenepoel had a great year. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great honour to win the V\u00e9lo d\u2019Or,<\/a> especially so early in my career,\u201d he told journalists<\/a>. \u201cBecause, in my opinion, it\u2019s the most important prize in the sport. It\u2019s a reward for the entire season. When I was still playing football, I was fascinated by the prestige of the Ballon d\u2019Or. Actually, the V\u00e9lo d\u2019Or is the Ballon d\u2019Or of cycling, and that link resonates a bit with me.\u201d Van Aert, who won the UCI One-Day Race World ranking for the year as well as his first Tour de France green jersey, finished second in the voting, with Poga\u010dar coming in third.<\/p>\n

After Evenepoel\u2019s stellar year, cycling aficionados were licking their lips in anticipation of a 2023 Tour de France battle royale of Evenepoel, 2021 Tour winner Poga\u010dar, 2022 winner Jonas Vingegaard and perhaps the 2019 Tour winner Egan Bernal, all vying for road racing\u2019s biggest prize. However, the newly crowned V\u00e9lo d\u2019Or recipient has opted instead to race in the Giro d\u2019Italia next year. The reason may be that there are about 70 km of time trials in next year\u2019s Giro, while the Tour will offer only one climbing time trial in 2023.<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, cycling fans will be deprived of a potentially thrilling top-level competitive race. Maybe it will happen in 2024 or, who knows, perhaps Evenepoel will eventually change his mind. We can only hope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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