Velo d’Or 2023

[CyclistAbi]

Remaining contenders are van der Poel vs Roglič or Vingegaard.

 

[Blanco]

If Kuss wins Vuelta, Van Der Poel wins it.
If Roglic wins, it's a tight battle between him and VdP, but I would give it to Rogla.
If Vingegaard wins, he wins it all.

 

[Netserk]

If Kuss wins, but Vingegaard will leave the impression of being the strongest in the race, he wins.

 

[KZD]

If Pogačar keeps his winning streak in Lombardia, he might still get it too.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

If Kuss wins Vuelta, he should get Velo d'Or. Top domestique in his teams Giro and Tour victories, then dominates hits team leaders into submission in Vuelta.
Otherwise, MVdP.

 

[CyclistAbi]

If Kuss wins Vuelta, he should get Velo d'Or. Top domestique in his teams Giro and Tour victories, then dominates hits team leaders into submission in Vuelta.
Otherwise, MVdP.

Too corny.

 

[topcat]

Guys, I have already presented the Topcat d’Or to MVDP, so any further resistance is futile.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Well I'm not sure who Velo d'Or will be won by, but it would appear that it has been lost for Vingegaard and Roglic by Adam Blythe, Dan Lloyd, Sean Kelly and their equivalents in other countries.

 

[Elos Anjos]

While we are at it, Velo d'Or should go for Kuss. Who cares.

 

[Nick2413]

Still give it to Vingegaard, Tour winner and de facto Vuelta winner. Otherwise MVDP is a lock.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

I'd better fish my ballot out of the well again and reassign it to this nature boy.

I hope there will be plenty more GTs where he faces better GT riders who are not prone to crashes or illness, but who he nevertheless has a firm belief in being able to defeat, before he meets a wall, which he wants to do.

For a similar show of revenge that can be observed on the Iberian Peninsula, one has to look for a long time. And you can only love it.

And give him a medal of valor in addition to this curious new title.
But well, it's a twitter-like world we've entered, so why not.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Looks like Mathieu van der Poel has it in the bag. Congrats. Great season.

 

[topcat]

So we’re all agreed: MVDP is Topcat?

 

[RedheadDane]

So we’re all agreed: MVDP is Topcat?

I dunno... is he? Are you?

 

[topcat]

I dunno... is he? Are you?

I’ve always been explosive.

 

[Netserk]

1. Vingegaard
2. Van der Poel
3. [Pending Lombardia]

 

[topcat]

1. Vingegaard
2. Van der Poel
3. [Pending Lombardia]

No

 

[Panda Claws]

Van der Poel for me.

If we give Vingegaard credit for his 2nd place in the Vuelta we should also give VDP credit for that 2nd place in RVV. If he had won RVV his season would have been truly legendary.

 

[houtdffan]

Pog

He has had the best overall season to date

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Not giving it to a WC+double monument season in a year without any further GT/monument combinations would be ludicrous. Only a (rather hypothetical) Vingegaard Lombardia win would be a valid reason to swing this away from VdP, and even then I'd value the first WC+double monument season in 18 years over the first Tour+monument season in 2.

 

[danielovichdk2]

Pog

He has had the best overall season to date

Why?

No doubt mvdp has the biggest wins.

Remco has the most wins.

 

[Netserk]

Not giving it to a WC+double monument season in a year without any further GT/monument combinations would be ludicrous. Only a (rather hypothetical) Vingegaard Lombardia win would be a valid reason to swing this away from VdP, and even then I'd value the first WC+double monument season in 18 years over the first Tour+monument season in 2.

Vingegaard has practically had the best possible stage race season with only 1 big win, MvdP on the other hand only has his three big wins and a 2nd place in Ronde.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Vingegaard has practically had the best possible stage race season with only 1 big win, MvdP on the other hand only has his three big wins and a 2nd place in Ronde.

Yes, but 3>1

 

[Red Rick]

MvdP is a shoe in surely. I understand the argument for Vingegaard, but then you have to place his entire Vuelta in context and I also don't really think that flies very much for Velo d'Or, and the same argument would then go for Roglic.

 

[Netserk]

Yes, but 3>1

For the Vélo d'Or, I'd take a dominant Tour over two monuments. And when it comes to crowning the best cyclist of the year, his Vuelta was more impressive than most victories.