Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) and Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) were officially crowned winners of the UCI WorldTour and Women's WorldTour, respectively, at the UCI Gala in China on Tuesday.
The ceremony, established last year, took place after the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi, the final event of the 2017 men’s WorldTour calendar.
Van Avermaet, who won Paris-Roubaix, E3 Harelbeke, Gent-Wevelgem and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this spring, already had top spot sewn up as early as September. Although he didn’t ride Guangxi, he – unlike runner-up Chris Froome (Sky) and third-placed Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) – made the trip to China for the gala.
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“I’m really proud to stand here and have this trophy in my hands,” said the Belgian.
As well as the victories in the spring, Van Avermaet also finished runner-up at the Tour of Flanders and Strade Bianche, while later in the season he finished second at the GP de Québec, fourth overall at the BinckBank Tour, and recorded top 10’s at the Clásica San Sebastián, Bretagne Classic and GP de Montréal.
He ended the year on 3582 points, with Froome – who won the Tour de France and Vuelta a España – second on 3452, and Dumoulin – who won the Giro d’Italia and BinckBank Tour – third on 2545. World champion Peter Sagan was fourth with 2544.
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