Best Cyclists of All Time & Current Era

All-Time Greatest Cyclists

1. Eddy Merckx (Belgium) – 5x Tour de France, 5x Giro d'Italia, 1x Vuelta, 3x World Champion, 19 Monument wins.
2. Bernard Hinault (France) – 5x Tour de France, 3x Giro, 2x Vuelta, multiple Monuments.
3. Fausto Coppi (Italy) – 2x Tour de France, 5x Giro, 1x World Champion, legendary climbing ability.
4. Jacques Anquetil (France) – 5x Tour de France, 2x Giro, 1x Vuelta, first to win all three Grand Tours.
5. Miguel Indurain (Spain) – 5x Tour de France (consecutive), 2x Giro, Olympic TT gold.
6. Gino Bartali (Italy) – 2x Tour de France, 3x Giro, fought in WWII and saved Jewish refugees.
7. Sean Kelly (Ireland) – 4x Paris-Nice, 7x Milan-San Remo, 1x Vuelta, a dominant all-rounder.
8. Mark Cavendish (UK) – Record 34x Tour de France stage wins, multiple green jerseys.
9. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) – 3x World Champion, 7x Tour de France green jerseys, Classics king.
10. Lance Armstrong (USA) – 7x Tour de France (titles stripped), a controversial but dominant racer.

Best Current Cyclists (2024-2025)

1. Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) – 2x Tour de France winner, multiple Monument victories, incredible versatility.
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) – 2x Tour de France winner, elite climber.
3. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) – 1x Vuelta a España, World Champion, dominant in time trials & one-day races.
4. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) – 2x Tour of Flanders, 2x World Champion, Milan-San Remo winner.
5. Wout van Aert (Belgium) – A top classics rider, GC support, time trialist, and all-rounder.
6. Primož Roglič (Slovenia) – 3x Vuelta a España, 1x Giro d’Italia, Tour podium finisher.
7. Filippo Ganna (Italy) – World TT Champion, pursuit specialist, powerful rouleur.
8. Demi Vollering (Netherlands) – Top female cyclist, winner of Tour de France Femmes, dominant climber.
9. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) – 2023 World Champion, Classics and track racing star.
10. Tom Pidcock (UK) – Mountain biking & cyclocross World Champion, Tour stage winner.