Put your hands together for…
Fallout from the ongoing pandemic has banjaxed our plans for a lavish no-expenses-spared Cyclist Awards bash. We’ve cancelled the venue, returned the Champagne and even donated the golden chainrings we intended to mount onto prize plinths to Alex Dowsett and his Hour record attempt – not that this did him much good, for all his heroic efforts in Mexico.
Still, the Awards must go on, so let us begin with a biggie. Double Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar and compatriot Primož Roglič,. Unless someone can stop them, the Slovenian duo look set to be cycling’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who shared the Ballon d’Or between them for a decade. Pog also scoops the for being head and shoulders above the competition in both stage races and Classics this year, having become the first rider in 49 years to win two Monuments and the Tour in one season. Even the Cannibal himself has given his permission to crown the 23-year-old with the .
