{"id":232519,"date":"2025-10-29T18:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/232519\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:31:15","slug":"poll-who-delivered-the-individual-performance-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/232519\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Who delivered the Individual Performance of 2025?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSimon Yates \u2013 Giro d\u2019Italia Stage 20 (Colle delle Finestre)This is what redemption looks like. On the same climb that shattered his Giro hopes in 2018, Simon Yates<\/a> launched a sensational Stage 20 attack up the gravel slopes of the Colle delle Finestre. Down on GC and with everything to play for, he dropped Isaac del Toro and Richard Carapaz with 40 km still to race, then linked up with Wout van Aert<\/a> in the valley to extend his lead. By the finish in Sestriere, Yates had snatched the maglia rosa and broken the race wide open. It was a dramatic, defiant ride \u2013 the kind that wins Grand Tours and settles old scores.\"simonyates\"\/<\/p>\n

Yates put his demons to bed and won the Maglia Rosa<\/p>\n

Tadej Pogacar \u2013 World Championships Road Race (Kigali, Rwanda)<\/p>\n

A world title defence for the ages. On a hilly circuit in Kigali, Pogacar attacked with over 100 km to go and rode clear on his own with 66 km remaining. He never looked back. Not Evenepoel, Ayuso or Del Toro could bring him back. Riding solo for more than two hours, Pogacar crossed the line over a minute clear of the chasers \u2013 rainbow bands retained, cycling world stunned. It was a long-range masterpiece, and arguably the most complete one-day ride of his already ridiculous career.<\/p>\n

\"Tadej<\/p>\n

Pogacar secured back to back world titles in Kigali<\/p>\n

Mathieu van der Poel \u2013 Milano\u2013San RemoWhen you outfox both Tadej Pogacar<\/a> and Filippo Ganna on the Via Roma, you\u2019re doing something special. Van der Poel matched every one of Pogacar\u2019s searing attacks on the Poggio, then chased down a dangerous Ganna move on the descent. With all three still together in the final kilometre, Van der Poel hit from distance \u2013 a 300m sprint that neither rival could answer. It was calculated, powerful, and ruthlessly effective. A second Milano\u2013Sanremo title, won against the best in the world.Tadej Pogacar \u2013 Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge<\/p>\n

His third win in La Doyenne, but arguably the most brutal. Wearing the rainbow jersey, Pogacar attacked on the C\u00f4te de La Redoute with 35 km to go and simply vanished. No one could follow. By the time he reached Li\u00e8ge solo, he had over a minute on the chasers. This was Li\u00e8ge on lockdown: power, poise, and rainbow-backed dominance. If his Worlds win was long-range grit, this was pure demolition.<\/p>\n

\"tadejpogacar<\/p>\n

Pogacar was dominant in Liege<\/p>\n

Wout van Aert \u2013 Tour de France Stage 21 (Montmartre\u2013Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es)<\/p>\n

Final day fireworks. In a historic first, the Tour\u2019s Paris finale included climbs up Montmartre and GC times were neutralised. That opened the door \u2013 and Van Aert barged straight through it. After Pogacar tested the legs on each ascent, Van Aert attacked over the top of the final Montmartre climb with 6 km to go. He held off the bunch and won solo on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in the rain. A stage usually reserved for the sprinters turned into a showpiece for the Belgian all-rounder \u2013 and his 10th career Tour win may have been his most spectacular.<\/p>\n

\"WoutVanAert\"\/<\/p>\n

Arguably Van Aert’s most impressive career win<\/p>\n

Jonas Vingegaard \u2013 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a Stage 20 (Bola del Mundo)<\/p>\n

A champion\u2019s statement. On the queen stage of the Vuelta, Vingegaard put the race to bed with a devastating final climb up the Bola del Mundo. When Jo\u00e3o Almeida tried to test him, the Dane didn\u2019t just follow \u2013 he countered hard and soloed to the summit finish. It was his third stage win of the race, sealing the red jersey with one day to spare. In the year\u2019s most grueling Grand Tour finale, Vingegaard stood tallest.<\/p>\n

Tadej Pogacar \u2013 European Championships Road Race<\/p>\n

Another band, another brutal win. In a rain-soaked finale on French roads, Pogacar lit up the European Championships, going clear solo from distance again. Despite the best efforts of the chasers \u2013 including Remco Evenepoel and Paul Seixas \u2013 he stayed away to win his first European title. It completed an outrageous double: rainbow jersey and European jersey, a week apart and half the world apart.<\/p>\n

\"Tadej<\/p>\n

There was no stopping Pogacar at the European Championship<\/p>\n

Mathieu van der Poel \u2013 Paris\u2013Roubaix<\/p>\n

A Monument showdown for the ages. Van der Poel and Pogacar locked horns on the cobbles of Northern France, trading punches all the way to the Roubaix Velodrome. Pogacar attacked hard in the five-star sectors, but Van der Poel never cracked. Then, on the infamous Carrefour de l\u2019Arbre, Van der Poel made his move \u2013 a searing acceleration that finally broke the World Champion. He soloed to the velodrome and his second Roubaix title. A heavyweight clash, settled by raw force. If Milano\u2013Sanremo was surgical, this was savage.<\/p>\n

\"parisroubaix<\/p>\n

Van der Poel defeated Pogacar in a head to head battle on the cobbles<\/p>\n

Time to decide: which ride left you speechless?<\/p>\n

These were the moments that made the 2025 season unforgettable \u2013 one rider, one day, total domination. But which performance deserves the title of Individual Performance of the Year?<\/p>\n

Vote below \u2013 and check back next week to see who you crowned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Simon Yates \u2013 Giro d\u2019Italia Stage 20 (Colle delle Finestre)This is what redemption looks like. On the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-232519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}