Cycling Legends
Tour de France champions and cycling's greatest names.
The All-Time Greatest Cycling Cyclists
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
All Cycling Athletes
Browse 62 of the greatest cycling cyclists of all time.
Spanish
Alberto Contador
Road Cyclist
Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España victories — one of only six cyclists ever to win a…
Dutch
Amy Pieters
Road/Track Cyclist
Dutch professional cyclist known for road racing and track cycling, multiple-time world champion in …
Luxembourgish
Andy Schleck
Road Cyclist
Luxembourgish professional cyclist who won the 2010 Tour de France and was known as one of the best …
Dutch
Anna van der Breggen
Professional Cyclist
Dutch professional cyclist who dominated women's road cycling from 2016-2021, winning Olympic gold, …
Dutch
Annemiek van Vleuten
Road Cyclist
Dutch professional cyclist widely regarded as one of the greatest female road cyclists of all time, …
French
Bernard Hinault
Road Cyclist
French professional cyclist known as 'The Badger', one of only seven riders to win all three Grand T…
Eritrean
Biniam Girmay
Road Cyclist
Eritrean professional cyclist who became the first Black African to win a Tour de France stage and c…
British
Bradley Wiggins
Cyclist
British cyclist who became the first Briton to win the Tour de France in 2012, combining exceptional…
Australian
Cadel Evans
Road Cyclist
Australian professional road cyclist who became the first Australian to win the Tour de France, clai…
Australian
Caleb Ewan
Road Cyclist
Australian professional cyclist known for his explosive sprint finishes, with multiple Tour de Franc…
Dutch
Chantal Blaak
Road Cyclist
Dutch professional cyclist who won the 2017 UCI Road World Championships and multiple prestigious on…
British
Chris Froome
Professional Cyclist
British-Kenyan professional road cyclist. Four-time Tour de France winner and one of cycling's most …
Canadian
Clara Hughes
Road/Track Cyclist and Speed Skater
Canadian cyclist and speed skater who became the only athlete to win multiple medals at both Summer …
British
Dame Laura Kenny
Track Cyclist
Britain's most decorated female Olympian with five gold medals — married to Sir Jason Kenny, togethe…
Dutch
Demi Vollering
Road Cyclist
Dutch professional cyclist who won the 2023 Tour de France Femmes and is considered one of the world…
Dutch
Dylan Groenewegen
Road Cyclist
Dutch professional cyclist known for sprint victories, including multiple Tour de France stage wins …
Belgian
Eddy Merckx
Professional Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist widely regarded as the greatest cyclist of all time, known for his domi…
Colombian
Egan Bernal
Road Cyclist
Colombian professional cyclist who became the youngest Tour de France winner in 110 years when he cl…
Italian
Elisa Longo Borghini
Road Cyclist
Italian professional cyclist specializing in road racing and time trials, multiple national champion…
British
Emma Pooley
Road Cyclist/Time Trialist
British professional cyclist and triathlete known for her climbing ability and time trial prowess, w…
Swiss
Fabian Cancellara
Road Cyclist
Spartacus — Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders three times each, the greatest cobbled classics speci…
Italian
Fausto Coppi
Road Cyclist
Italian cycling legend and twice Tour de France and Giro d'Italia champion of the 1940s and 1950s, w…
Welsh
Geraint Thomas
Road Cyclist
Welsh Tour de France champion whose dogged determination, consistent climbing ability and 2018 Grand…
Italian
Gino Bartali
Road Cyclist
Italian cycling legend and Fausto Coppi's great rival, who won three Tour de France and three Giro d…
American
Greg LeMond
Professional Cyclist
The American who conquered the Tour — three victories and the comeback after being shot.…
French
Jacques Anquetil
Road Cyclist
French professional cyclist who became the first rider to win the Tour de France five times, dominat…
German
Jan Ullrich
Road Cyclist
German professional cyclist who won the 1997 Tour de France and Olympic gold in 2000, known for his …
Belgian
Jasper Philipsen
Road Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist known for his sprinting ability, riding for Alpecin-Deceuninck team and…
Belgian
Johan Museeuw
Road Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist known as 'The Lion of Flanders', three-time winner of Paris-Roubaix and…
Danish
Jonas Vingegaard
Professional Cyclist
Danish professional cyclist who won back-to-back Tour de France titles in 2022 and 2023, establishin…
Dutch
Joop Zoetemelk
Road Cyclist
Dutch professional cyclist who won the 1980 Tour de France and 1985 World Championship, finishing on…
Polish
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Road Cyclist
Polish professional cyclist and Tour de France Femmes winner, known for her climbing ability and sta…
American
Kristin Armstrong
Road Cyclist (Time Trial)
American former professional road racing cyclist, three-time Olympic gold medalist in individual tim…
American
Lance Armstrong
Road Cyclist
Seven Tour de France titles — all stripped — Lance Armstrong's cancer survival made him a global ico…
French
Laurent Fignon
Road Cyclist
French professional cyclist who won the Tour de France twice (1983, 1984) and became one of the most…
British
Lizzie Deignan
Road Cyclist
British professional road cyclist and former track cyclist, 2015 UCI Road World Champion and winner …
Belgian
Lotte Kopecky
Road Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist who became world champion in road racing and dominated track cycling wi…
French
Louison Bobet
Road Cyclist
French professional cyclist who became the first rider to win three consecutive Tour de France title…
Italian
Marco Pantani
Road Cyclist
Italian professional cyclist known as 'Il Pirata' who won both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia …
Dutch
Marianne Vos
Road/Track Cyclist
The greatest all-round cyclist in women's history — Olympic gold on track and road, world titles in …
British
Mark Cavendish
Road Cyclist (Sprinter)
British professional road cyclist known as one of the greatest sprinters in cycling history with 35 …
Dutch
Mathieu van der Poel
Road/Track Cyclist
Three generations of cycling royalty — grandson of Poulidor, son of Adrie, himself the finest classi…
Spanish
Miguel Induráin
Professional Cyclist
Spanish professional cyclist who dominated the Tour de France in the 1990s, winning five consecutive…
Colombian
Nairo Quintana
Road Cyclist
Colombian professional road cyclist, twice Grand Tour winner, known for exceptional climbing ability…
Slovakian
Peter Sagan
Road Cyclist
Slovakian professional cyclist renowned for his sprinting ability and versatility, three-time consec…
Slovenian
Primož Roglič
Road Cyclist
Slovenian professional cyclist and four-time Vuelta a España winner, Olympic time trial champion, an…
French
Raymond Poulidor
Road Cyclist
French professional cyclist known as 'The Eternal Second' for finishing second in Tour de France thr…
Belgian
Remco Evenepoel
Road Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist who became World Champion in road racing and time trial in 2022, and wo…
Ecuadorian
Richard Carapaz
Road Cyclist
Ecuadorian professional cyclist who became the first rider from Ecuador to win a Grand Tour, claimin…
Belgian
Rik Van Looy
Road Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist known as 'Emperor of Herentals', won both Tour of Flanders and Paris-Ro…
Scottish
Robert Millar
Road Cyclist
Scottish professional cyclist who became Britain's most successful Grand Tour rider, winning King of…
Belgian
Roger De Vlaeminck
Road Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist known as 'Mr. Paris-Roubaix' for winning the monument four times, also …
Irish
Sean Kelly
Road Cyclist
World number one for six consecutive years in the 1980s — the greatest Irish athlete of his generati…
Scottish
Sir Chris Hoy
Track Cyclist
Six Olympic gold medals — Britain's most decorated Olympian at the time of his retirement and the de…
Irish
Stephen Roche
Road Cyclist
The only cyclist to win the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and World Championship in the same year — …
Slovenian
Tadej Pogačar
Professional Cyclist
Slovenian professional cyclist, youngest Tour de France winner in modern era, three-time champion an…
Belgian
Tom Boonen
Road Cyclist
Belgian professional road cyclist who dominated the spring classics, winning Paris-Roubaix four time…
British
Tom Pidcock
Road / Mountain Bike
British cyclist who won Olympic mountain bike gold at Tokyo 2020, multiple cyclo-cross world titles,…
British
Tom Simpson
Road Cyclist
Britain's greatest road cyclist — World Champion in 1965, he died on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 To…
British
Victoria Pendleton
Track Cyclist
British track cyclist who dominated women's sprint cycling, winning two Olympic golds and nine World…
Italian
Vincenzo Nibali
Road Cyclist
Italian professional cyclist known as 'The Shark of Messina', winner of all three Grand Tours and mu…
Belgian
Wout van Aert
Road/Track Cyclist
Belgian professional cyclist renowned for versatility across cyclo-cross, classics, and Grand Tour s…
Cycling Nations
British
12
athletes
Dutch
9
athletes
Belgian
9
athletes
French
5
athletes
Italian
5
athletes
American
3
athletes
Spanish
2
athletes
Australian
2
athletes