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Best WT Rider

by order of the Council: build your nominations from the longlist, then paste the résumés

The Council’s Brief

Held: S78
Window: S78 (this season)
Data through: S79 day 3
Pool: every rider with a WT top-9

What counts (no written rule in the voting forms): World Tour (national team) races only — wins, 2nd/3rd places and top-9s, with the race tier (WT-A to WT-D) — as in the committee’s WT Rider nominee résumés.

Last edition (S77) votes: source ↗
NomineeVotes
Egbert Heersprink36
Klaus de Keijsere13
Tomas Simpson7
Rainer Hansen5
Hall of Fame: source ↗
S77 Egbert Heersprink (Netherlands)
S75 Kristian Grønkjær (Greenland)
S73 Harold Goethuys (Belgium)
S71 Lieven Krol (Netherlands)
S69 Lieven Krol (Netherlands)
Show all 21S67 Sjoerd van der Heiden (The Netherlands)
S66 Sjoerd van der Heiden (The Netherlands)
S65 Agnar Torp (Norway)
S64 Kerry Donovan (USA)
S63 Gus Bailey (Australia)
S62 Gus Bailey (Australia)
S61 Gus Bailey (Australia)
S60 Otto Alards (The Netherlands)
S59 Xalbador Varela (Spain)
S58 Radko Kindl (Czech Republic)
S57 Gaetan Digenova (Italy)
S56 Toller Péter (Hungary) & Thijs Bouwens (Netherlands)
S32 Antony Soetens (Belgium)
S31 Fonzo Mejia (Spain)
S30 Fonzo Mejia (Spain)
S29 Roman Wieckowski (Poland)

Longlist — under observation

Contenders = the top 30 by WT points plus every WT race winner. Results = 2nd/3rd; top-9s = 4th–9th. Tier A includes the Championships of Nations (CoN, 200 pts for a win). Click a row for the résumé and every result behind it.

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#RiderCountryWins2nd/3rdTop-9sWT-A top-9sWT pts S78
1Tomas Simpson OCM ↗New Zealand 112 4490
2Plinio Almada OCM ↗Portugal 031 4490
3Abdoul Ntawuyirushintege OCM ↗Burundi 111 3360
4Tome Lages OCM ↗Portugal 200 2350
5Francois Jollivet OCM ↗France 102 3320
6Vincent Katjiuonga OCM ↗Namibia 111 1320
7Henri-Charles Privat OCM ↗France 012 3320
8Estevao Fragoso OCM ↗Portugal 101 2310
9Channing Melyn OCM ↗England 101 2300
10Maximiliaan Witting OCM ↗Netherlands 101 2280
11Kristian Gronkjaer OCM ↗Greenland 003 3280
12Thor Matthesen OCM ↗Denmark 020 2270
13Ethanael Kovacs OCM ↗England 101 2260
14Verner Quissa OCM ↗Greenland 011 2250
15Klaas Kelderman OCM ↗Netherlands 020 2240
16Saychon Phothilath OCM ↗Laos 021 0240
17Shang Liyang OCM ↗Taiwan 012 2230
18Ivanhoe Guilbert OCM ↗France 011 2220
19Philbert Nieman OCM ↗England 011 2220
20Ferdinand Kapp OCM ↗Trinidad and Tobago 111 0210
21Paulino Galvao OCM ↗Portugal 100 1200
22Reginald Raby OCM ↗Canada 100 1200
23Arnout Buyse OCM ↗Belgium 011 2200
24Einar Aamodt OCM ↗Norway 011 2200
25Egbert Heersprink OCM ↗Netherlands 011 2190
26Klaus De Keijsere OCM ↗Belgium 011 2190
27Robin Grygar OCM ↗Czech Republic 003 3190
28Rory Luallen OCM ↗England 011 2190
29Vladimir Vanev OCM ↗Bulgaria 101 0180
30Des Brentnall OCM ↗Australia 011 2180
31Hieronim Ziolkowski OCM ↗Poland 002 2180
32Robin Uttenberger OCM ↗Liechtenstein 021 0170
33Irvin Mercier OCM ↗Ireland 200 0160
34Salifou Coulibaly OCM ↗Burkina Faso 101 0160
35Ethen Officer OCM ↗Bahamas 002 2160
36Mikey Makuza OCM ↗Burundi 002 2160
37Zang Yanpeng OCM ↗Hong Kong 020 0160
38Harold Goethuys OCM ↗Belgium 100 1150
39Joost Vedder OCM ↗Netherlands 100 1150
40Jose Espirito Santo OCM ↗Portugal 100 1150
41Lars van der Leeqte OCM ↗Netherlands 100 1150
42Sepp Pragt OCM ↗Netherlands 100 1150
43Emosi Lolesi OCM ↗New Zealand 002 2150
44Giovanni Dussolier OCM ↗Belgium 010 1150
45Paul-Henri Prudhomme OCM ↗France 010 1150
46Remus Arhire OCM ↗Romania 011 0150
47Allan Hurlburt OCM ↗Bahamas 002 0140
48Gusto Tomko OCM ↗Slovakia 011 1140
49Jair Sanroma OCM ↗El Salvador 012 0140
50Potap Yankovsky OCM ↗Kazakhstan 003 0140
51Bao Jinguo OCM ↗China 111 0130
52Chukwemeka Gueye OCM ↗Ivory Coast 101 0130
53Edward Nagai OCM ↗Papua New Guinea 101 0130
54Aldo Nenza OCM ↗Italy 002 2130
55Amadeusz Koziol OCM ↗Poland 010 1130
56Jim Forde OCM ↗Norway 010 1130
57Quinn Hansson OCM ↗Denmark 010 1130
58Severin Panigoniak OCM ↗Greenland 010 1130
59Tino Borrello OCM ↗Italy 002 1130
60Aarre Mannila OCM ↗Finland 100 0120
61Branislav Lukacek OCM ↗Slovakia 100 0120
62Chris Cook OCM ↗Australia 100 0120
63Gottlieb Ngoshi OCM ↗Namibia 100 0120
64Ruslan Morenov OCM ↗Kazakhstan 100 0120
65Veniamin Nazarov OCM ↗Uzbekistan 101 0120
66Yoweri Bukuru OCM ↗Burundi 100 0120
67Ako Saadat OCM ↗Iran 020 0120
68Kevin Kraft OCM ↗France 010 1120
69Magnus Gable OCM ↗South Africa 011 0120
70Maximiliaan Cocu OCM ↗Netherlands 010 1120
71Ake Vahlberg OCM ↗Sweden 010 1110
72Bartosz Filipek OCM ↗Poland 010 1110
73Celso de Assuncao OCM ↗Timor-Leste 002 0110
74Henrihs Strauts OCM ↗Latvia 011 0110
75Kevin De Groot OCM ↗Belgium 001 1110
76Kobus Westra OCM ↗Netherlands 001 1110
77Nicanor Barchitta OCM ↗Spain 010 1110
78Nicholas Florimo OCM ↗Australia 001 1110
79Oscar Mazet OCM ↗France 010 1110
80Ulysse Jacquet OCM ↗France 010 1110
81Alfredas Boroska OCM ↗Lithuania 100 0100
82Geronimo Hoyos OCM ↗Mexico 100 0100
83Leopoldo Vassallo OCM ↗Malta 100 0100
84Lincoln Dombrowski OCM ↗Ireland 100 0100
85Mathew Sherman OCM ↗USA 100 0100
86Peter Dafgard OCM ↗Sweden 100 0100
87Veljko Anzej OCM ↗Slovenia 100 0100
88Xin Junwei OCM ↗Hong Kong 100 0100
89Alfie Walters OCM ↗Canada 010 0100
90Antanas Kshanavichus OCM ↗Lithuania 010 0100
91Brando Piepoli OCM ↗Italy 001 1100
92Georg Hove OCM ↗Norway 001 1100
93Horado Rufo OCM ↗Colombia 010 0100
94Isak Hald OCM ↗Denmark 001 1100
95Koen Hesseling OCM ↗Netherlands 001 1100
96Paquito Arrutti OCM ↗Colombia 010 0100
97Plinio Paranhos OCM ↗Portugal 001 1100
98Rainer Hansen OCM ↗Denmark 001 1100
99Reynaldo Batistuta OCM ↗El Salvador 010 0100
100Rodrigo Frois OCM ↗Spain 001 1100
101Trond Loken OCM ↗Norway 001 1100
102Vyacheslav Zikmund OCM ↗Czech Republic 010 0100
103Wanderley Bittencourt OCM ↗Timor-Leste 010 0100
104Alan Clark OCM ↗New Zealand 001 190
105Arnfinn Nerland OCM ↗Norway 001 190
106Batiste Vigneron OCM ↗France 001 190
107Dario Havlik OCM ↗Slovakia 001 190
108Dimitri Dockx OCM ↗Belgium 001 190
109Evert Everaerts OCM ↗Belgium 001 190
110Louis Vangale OCM ↗Belgium 001 190
111Lukas Danak OCM ↗Slovakia 001 190
112Nicky Gabina OCM ↗Papua New Guinea 011 090
113Obed Rwamaheke OCM ↗Burundi 001 190
114Vitomir Kirilov OCM ↗Bulgaria 001 190
115Willy Vermeesch OCM ↗Belgium 001 190
116Frasier Dryborough OCM ↗Scotland 100 080
117Ignaty Boyarov OCM ↗Turkmenistan 100 080
118Msanaa Adnan OCM ↗Tanzania 100 080
119Pyotr Khalipov OCM ↗Uzbekistan 100 080
120Winfried Tschumperlin OCM ↗Switzerland 100 080
121Adriano Della OCM ↗Italy 001 180
122Alf Almblad OCM ↗Denmark 001 180
123Arie Lindner OCM ↗Israel 011 080
124Borislav Malinov OCM ↗Tajikistan 002 080
125Connor Hookes OCM ↗Australia 001 180
126Edward Michaelsen OCM ↗Denmark 001 180
127Erich Ahlring OCM ↗Liechtenstein 011 080
128Geert Tankink OCM ↗Netherlands 001 180
129Georg Zetterkvist OCM ↗Sweden 010 080
130Han Yongshen OCM ↗Taiwan 002 180
131Heraldo Santiseban OCM ↗Colombia 010 080
132Horace O'Thornberry OCM ↗England 001 180
133Hugo Lepnais OCM ↗Latvia 010 080
134Leslie Zawacki OCM ↗Jamaica 010 080
135Pravit Taweechalermdit OCM ↗Thailand 010 080
136Rafaello Fanelli OCM ↗Italy 010 080
137Raul Pacheco OCM ↗Spain 001 180
138Sayphone Vongphakdy OCM ↗Laos 010 080
139Senon Velloso OCM ↗Spain 001 180
140Stanko Tunchev OCM ↗Bulgaria 010 080
141Stanu Chaiprakom OCM ↗Thailand 010 080
142Tadeo Navarrete OCM ↗Uruguay 002 080
143Valery Kongo OCM ↗Burkina Faso 010 080
144Xiong Yanbin OCM ↗China 020 080
145Yoeri De Vaddere OCM ↗Belgium 001 180
146Zhong Guohui OCM ↗Taiwan 010 080
147Bartholomew Abayomi OCM ↗Nigeria 011 070
148Blazej Krol OCM ↗Poland 001 170
149Claude Halerimana OCM ↗Burundi 001 170
150Eurelijus Striska OCM ↗Lithuania 001 070
151Evandro Lobo OCM ↗Timor-Leste 001 070
152Gavriil Ryabtsev OCM ↗Kazakhstan 001 070
153Gudmund Kristiansen OCM ↗Norway 001 170
154Jacinto Barrichello OCM ↗El Salvador 001 070
155Jostein Asheim OCM ↗Norway 001 170
156Kui Yuping OCM ↗Hong Kong 001 070
157Nick Purdom OCM ↗England 001 170
158Simen Tandberg OCM ↗Norway 001 170
159Tadas Stauce OCM ↗Lithuania 001 070
160Trofim Shubkin OCM ↗Russia 002 070
161Troy Dean OCM ↗New Zealand 001 170
162Alessandro Hodler OCM ↗Switzerland 010 060
163Allan Gronkjaer OCM ↗Denmark 001 160
164Amaad Mugula OCM ↗Tanzania 010 060
165Barnaby Hufford OCM ↗Bahamas 001 060
166Bibiano Sashmal OCM ↗India 001 060
167Derek Sorensen OCM ↗USA 010 060
168Eduard Tilden OCM ↗Germany 010 060
169Eike Heinrich OCM ↗Germany 001 060
170Ferdinando Villalobos OCM ↗Puerto Rico 010 060
171Fernao Amaro OCM ↗Portugal 001 160
172Fontana Uallo OCM ↗Italy 001 060
173Harm Schribner OCM ↗Germany 001 160
174James Boulder OCM ↗Scotland 010 060
175Johnson Budigoma OCM ↗Burundi 001 160
176Kenny Alund OCM ↗Sweden 010 060
177Kurts Ostrovskis OCM ↗Latvia 010 060
178Norm Adamson OCM ↗Scotland 010 060
179Placido Pestana OCM ↗Portugal 001 160
180Quentin Devos OCM ↗France 001 160
181Reginald Meier OCM ↗Namibia 001 060
182Roman Toldeo OCM ↗Spain 001 160
183Saidou Gnanou OCM ↗Burkina Faso 001 060
184Sandis Mulders OCM ↗Latvia 001 060
185Suthev Ang-Siungnenrn OCM ↗Thailand 010 060
186Yermolay Lisitsyn OCM ↗Uzbekistan 010 060
187Alex Mateianu OCM ↗Romania 001 050
188Alvin DeLeon OCM ↗USA 001 050
189Antero Laukonen OCM ↗Finland 001 050
190Arnold Dabkowski OCM ↗Poland 001 150
191Blair Younger OCM ↗England 001 150
192Bobley Ironsi OCM ↗Ivory Coast 001 050
193Corwin Kanouse OCM ↗Canada 001 050
194Craig Pendleton OCM ↗Jamaica 001 050
195Eldwin Decker OCM ↗Trinidad and Tobago 002 050
196Isaias Quehlas OCM ↗Spain 001 150
197Kurt Hauksson OCM ↗Greenland 001 150
198Lyly Ilmonen OCM ↗Finland 001 050
199Martial Yougbare OCM ↗Burkina Faso 001 050
200Menzie Barry OCM ↗Papua New Guinea 001 050
201Neville Southern OCM ↗Jamaica 001 050
202Nizan Bulva OCM ↗Israel 002 050
203Nteboheng Mogotsi OCM ↗South Africa 001 050
204Oskar Cash OCM ↗Australia 001 150
205Randall Roberts OCM ↗USA 001 050
206Samuel Maia OCM ↗Timor-Leste 001 050
207Sandro Falke OCM ↗Germany 001 050
208Selmo Basadre OCM ↗Spain 001 150
209Simao Saldanha OCM ↗Portugal 001 150
210Tommaso Givia OCM ↗Italy 001 150
211Ushindi Kalungi OCM ↗Tanzania 002 050
212Zhuang Zhidong OCM ↗Taiwan 001 050
213Heri Walesi OCM ↗Tanzania 011 048
214Abu Bakar Bakar OCM ↗Brunei 010 040
215Carney Dixon OCM ↗Jamaica 001 040
216Clive Jepsen OCM ↗Canada 001 040
217Crosby Souther OCM ↗Trinidad and Tobago 001 040
218Hagen Rechsteiner OCM ↗Switzerland 010 040
219Ingram Isaacs OCM ↗Namibia 001 040
220Jeremiah Stenger OCM ↗Bahamas 001 040
221Khambieng Vongchiengkham OCM ↗Laos 001 040
222Kitamura Taro OCM ↗Japan 010 040
223Lyly Sandemo OCM ↗Finland 001 040
224Magnus Jarnberg OCM ↗Sweden 001 040
225Melville Milne OCM ↗Scotland 010 040
226Nikita Saprykin OCM ↗Russia 001 040
227Niwat Areesangakul OCM ↗Thailand 001 040
228Prince Contee OCM ↗Gambia 001 040
229Roger Azikiwe OCM ↗Gambia 001 040
230Yan Alenin OCM ↗Uzbekistan 010 040
231Rodolfo Tovar OCM ↗Uruguay 002 038
232Girgel Bernasconi OCM ↗Switzerland 002 036
233Abdu Ogoola OCM ↗Tanzania 001 030
234Alois Alu OCM ↗Papua New Guinea 001 030
235Bobby Carey OCM ↗USA 001 030
236Edward Tyover Emuejeraye OCM ↗Nigeria 001 030
237Heid Midlothian OCM ↗Scotland 001 030
238Lamine Nare OCM ↗Burkina Faso 001 030
239Larie Mara OCM ↗Romania 001 030
240Leonid Savvatimov OCM ↗Uzbekistan 001 030
241Martin Aristzabal OCM ↗El Salvador 001 030
242Mowen Keu OCM ↗Papua New Guinea 001 030
243Nestor Omelnitskiy OCM ↗Turkmenistan 001 030
244Ousmane Akpro OCM ↗Ivory Coast 001 030
245Renato Tonello OCM ↗Timor-Leste 001 030
246Rene Senn OCM ↗Switzerland 001 030
247Rolandas Vaitekunas OCM ↗Lithuania 001 030
248Ronnie Clanachan OCM ↗Scotland 001 030
249Tom Donaldson OCM ↗Scotland 001 030
250Yoni Peled OCM ↗Israel 001 030
251Zagros Namdaran OCM ↗Iran 001 030
252Xie Hansheng OCM ↗China 002 024
253Abram Karaulin OCM ↗Tajikistan 001 020
254Adalberto Barros OCM ↗Timor-Leste 001 020
255Art Joyner OCM ↗Trinidad and Tobago 001 020
256Chidiebube Yennenga OCM ↗Gambia 001 020
257Elia Ackermann OCM ↗Switzerland 001 020
258Evan Macari OCM ↗Scotland 001 020
259Gan Hongbo OCM ↗Taiwan 001 020
260Jacob Schwab OCM ↗Germany 001 020
261Johnathan Rosier OCM ↗Jamaica 001 020
262Joseph Reddish OCM ↗Jamaica 001 020
263Julito Juradu OCM ↗Uruguay 001 020
264Kayin Obasanjo OCM ↗Ivory Coast 001 020
265Leonel Ndala OCM ↗São Tomé and Príncipe 001 020
266Maxim Sabik OCM ↗Slovakia 001 020
267Nestor Pashkov OCM ↗Tajikistan 001 020
268Reto Auf der Maur OCM ↗Switzerland 001 020
269Roberto Cole OCM ↗Malta 001 020
270Rupert Ochsner OCM ↗Switzerland 001 020
271Sambo Gadebo OCM ↗Nigeria 001 020
272Shawn Trembath OCM ↗Ireland 001 020
273Vincent Nalong OCM ↗Papua New Guinea 001 020
274Amir Mustafa Mat Saman OCM ↗Brunei 002 016
275Franz Baumeler OCM ↗Switzerland 002 016
276Adiele Nwaneri OCM ↗Nigeria 001 010
277Filippo Ventura OCM ↗Malta 001 010
278Franck Zuma OCM ↗Gambia 001 010
279Han Lianghai OCM ↗China 001 010
280Jeraldo Carretero OCM ↗Uruguay 001 010
281Loren Volpe OCM ↗USA 001 010
282Maneno Mazzolari OCM ↗Tanzania 001 010
283Oscar Tignor OCM ↗Ireland 001 010
284Ricky Leighton OCM ↗Scotland 001 010
285Roman Kondyurin OCM ↗Uzbekistan 001 010
286Roman Strukelj OCM ↗Slovenia 001 010
287Taras Kuvayev OCM ↗Turkmenistan 001 010
288Udo Binder OCM ↗Switzerland 001 010
289Waota Owusu OCM ↗Gambia 001 010
290Amali Yusuf OCM ↗Brunei 001 08
291Antip Varushkin OCM ↗Russia 001 08
292Arkady Glukhov OCM ↗Russia 001 08
293Boris Ronon OCM ↗Israel 001 08
294Farrell Nance OCM ↗Jamaica 001 08
295Iain Renton OCM ↗Scotland 001 08
296Jarvis Roy OCM ↗USA 001 08
297Joseph Cisse OCM ↗Ivory Coast 001 08
298Kwanchai Aekapan OCM ↗Thailand 001 08
299Ma Guojun OCM ↗China 001 08
300Melvin Neal OCM ↗USA 001 08
301Shamus Siddon OCM ↗Trinidad and Tobago 001 08
302Teguramori Ryu OCM ↗Japan 001 08
303Archie Douglas OCM ↗Papua New Guinea 001 06
304Gerret Tofts OCM ↗Ireland 001 06
305Guy Bulva OCM ↗Israel 001 06
306Tomioka Tetsu OCM ↗Japan 001 06
307Aryo Akbari OCM ↗Iran 001 04
308Bao Yunfeng OCM ↗China 001 04
309Crosby Tarpey OCM ↗Ireland 001 04
310Egidio Beisbarth OCM ↗Switzerland 001 04
311Manny Okoduwa OCM ↗Nigeria 001 04

Not counted here — matters the Council does not discuss