With the Tours of Guangxi and Chongming Island underway, we really are in the endgame of the 2024 road cycling season. It has been a hell of a ride all the way through, even if one person in particular (more on that in a bit) has kept winning, and so it’s time to take a look back. Of course, things might still happen, but here are some key awards for 2024. Let’s call them The Beckets.
The Tadej Pogačar award for the unarguable best male rider in the world
After a couple of years in which his status as the best rider in the world was under threat because he kept missing out on the biggest prize of them all - the Tour de France - Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) decided to nail his status as the best rider in the world this year, by winning pretty much everything. The Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, World Championships, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia, plus a host of others, has the feel of “is this enough?” about it. Well done Tadej, you’re the best.
