Unique and practical: VELO is the annual reference work with detailed information about the previous cycle racing season. And this past cycle racing year, which was marked, among other things, by the Olympics, VELO celebrated its 70th anniversary!

The incredible dominance of Tadej Pogacar.
If the previous season was marked by the dominance of one team in the major tours, 2024 was dominated by a single champion, both in stage races and in several major classics, culminating in an extraordinary world title: Tadej Pogacar! The Slovenian champion dominated both the Giro and the Tour de France, in both of which he also won six stages, including mountain stages and time trials. What’s more, he achieved solo successes in Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour of Lombardy. At the end of this exceptionally strong season, he finally racked up no less than 25 individual successes. Of course, a few other champions managed to step out of Pogacar’s shadow with outstanding performances. Such as Remco Evenepoel, victor of a unique double at the Paris Olympics, where he won both the individual time trial and the road race with great bravado. Mathieu van der Poel also triumphed with a special double in the spring by winning both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. Other champions suffered bad crashes, such as Vingegaard and Van Aert, and this played a part in them not getting the chance to fully showcase their talent. We can also boast of an intense season for the women, with Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky in the spotlight. She became world road champion again as well as a medallist at the Olympics and in the velodrome.

VELO 2025, like its predecessors, reveals the results of other cycling disciplines, devotes a chapter to riders or cycling personalities who have left us and lists the records of the past year.

*The publication date is set for 6 February 2025. This means VELO 2025 will be available from 10 February.