The third UCI Cycling Gala, which took place in Guilin, China, celebrated this year’s greatest achievements in professional road cycling.
The winners of the UCI Women’s WorldTour and the UCI WorldTour, Anna van der Breggen and Greg Van Avermaet, were among the recipients of awards that went to the best riders and best teams of the UCI WorldTour and the UCI Women’s WorldTour as well as to champions crowned at the UCI Road World Championships, the Grands Tours and the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships.
For its third edition, the UCI Cycling Gala took place in Guilin just hours after the finish of the last stage of the Tour of Guangxi, the final event of the 2017 UCI WorldTour. The day also saw the Tour of Guangxi Women’s Elite World Challenge, a race which will join the UCI Women’s WorldTour in 2018.
UCI President David Lappartient said: “I would like to heartily congratulate the riders – men and women -, their teams and their National Federations, who together have enabled us to enjoy a magnificent season. I would also like to thank our partner Wanda Sports which, with the support of the Chinese Cycling Association, organised the UCI Cycling Gala for the first time.This prestigious celebration, assembling the most important figures in road cycling and honouring this year’s greatest champions, was an outstanding success, as was the first edition of the GREE – Tour of Guangxi, which came to a close with the UCI Cycling Gala.”
List of award winners
• Winner of the UCI WorldTour individual ranking:
Greg Van Avermaet (BEL – BMC Racing Team)
• 2nd in the UCI WorldTour individual ranking:
Christopher Froome (GBR – Team Sky)
• 3rd in the UCI WorldTour individual ranking:
Tom Dumoulin (NED – Team Sunweb)
• Winner of the UCI WorldTour team ranking:
Team Sky
• Winner of the UCI Women’s WorldTour individual ranking:
Anna van der Breggen (NED – Boels Dolmans Cycling Team)
• 2nd in the UCI Women’s WorldTour individual ranking:
Annemiek van Vleuten (NED – Orica Scott)
• 3rd in the UCI Women’s WorldTour individual ranking:
Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL – WM3 Pro Cycling Team)
• Winner of the UCI Women’s WorldTour team ranking:
Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
• Winner of the UCI Women’s WorldTour youth ranking:
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN – Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling Team)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite road race:
Peter Sagan (SVK)
• UCI World Champion, Women Elite road race:
Chantal Blaak (NED)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite individual time trial:
Tom Dumoulin (NED)
• UCI World Champion, Women Elite individual time trial:
Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite team time trial:
Team Sunweb
• UCI World Champion, Women Elite team time trial:
Team Sunweb
• Winner of the Giro d’Italia:
Tom Dumoulin (NED – Team Sunweb)
• Winner of the Tour de France:
Christopher Froome (GBR – Team Sky)
• Winner of the Vuelta Ciclista a España:
Christopher Froome (GBR – Team Sky)
• UCI World Champion, Women Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (C4):
Shawn Morelli (USA)
• UCI World Champions, Women Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (B):
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (IRL)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (T1):
Sergei Semochkin (RUS)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (H2):
Luca Mazzone (ITA).
