World champion Tadej Pogačar is among the many 5 nominees for prestigious sports activities honour, the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awards, for his achievements on the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Road World Championships in 2024.
The UAE Team Emirates-XRG chief is nominated alongside the perfect male athletes in world sport – tennis participant Carlos Alcaraz, F1 driver Max Verstappen, swimmer Léon Marchand and pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis.
The nomination refers to Pogačar having “some of the outstanding seasons within the historical past of biking”, and will he win he would be a part of an illustrious record of winners, together with Lionel Messi, Rafael Nadal and Usain Bolt.
Olympic mountain bike world champion Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) can also be nominated Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year, alongside the likes of Olympic skateboarder Yuto Horigome and snowboarding star Chloe Kim.
This is the primary time Pogačar has been nominated for the award, which has been honouring achievements in sport since 2000 and is broadly thought of one of many prime honours an athlete can obtain. The twenty fifth version of the awards is about to “honour the previous, rejoice the current and encourage the long run”.
The awards are voted on by the members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, a gaggle of 69 “sporting legends” who will determine who takes dwelling ‘The Laureus’ trophies.
Last 12 months the Sportsman of the Year award went to Novak Djokovic, while footballer Aitana Bonmatí was named Sportswoman of the Year.
A bicycle owner has solely ever gained the award as soon as, with Lance Armstrong receiving the honour in 2003, although the award was later rescinded in gentle of his doping convictions.
More lately, nevertheless, Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) was named World Breakthrough of the Year by Laureus in 2020, the 12 months after his maiden Tour de France win.
Cyclists have additionally been amongst the winners of the Action Sportsperson of the Year award, with BMX rider Bethany Shriever taking the title in 2022, and downhill champion Rachel Atherton receiving it in 2022.
The winners of the assorted 2025 Laureus World Sports Awards will likely be introduced at a ceremony in Madrid on April 21.
