Demi Vollering and Jonas Vingegaard crowned as best riders in the world for 2023 at Vélo d'Or awards

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Demi Vollering and Jonas Vingegaard on the podium of the Tour de France Femmes and Tour de France, respectively
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Demi Vollering and Jonas Vingegaard were crowned the best bike riders in the world 2023 on Tuesday evening, at the Vélo d'Or awards in Paris.

The Tour de France Femmes and Tour de France winners won the Vélo d'Or and Vélo d'Or Femmes respectively, awarded by French cycling publication Vélo Magazine. This year's event was the first one conducted in person, as opposed to being announced on the front page of the magazine.

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Adam Becket
News editor

Adam is Cycling Weekly’s news editor – his greatest love is road racing but as long as he is cycling, he's happy. Before joining CW he spent two years writing for Procycling. He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds.

Before cycling took over his professional life, he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider. Don't ask how that is related to cycling.