GUILIN (CINA) – La terza edizione dell’UCI Cycling Gala, che si è svolta oggi a Guilin, in Cina, ha celebrato tutti i più grandi protagonisti della stagione ciclistica su strada.

La vincitrice dell’UCI Women’s WorldTour e dell’UCI WorldTour, Anna van der Breggen e Greg Van Avermaet (foto TDWsport), sono stati tra i principali protagonisti sul palco, premiati insieme alle miglior squadre, ai vincitori dei Campionati del Mondo, dei Grandi Giri e anche dei Mondiali di Paraciclismo. 

Presente a Guilin anche il nuovo presidente dell’UCI David Lappartient che ha fatto le sue congratulazioni a tutti i premiati, oltre che a Wanda Sports e alla Chinese Cycling Association che si sono occupate dell’organizzazione dell’evento e della prima edizione del Gree – Tour of Guangxi e anche della gara femminile vinta oggi da Maria Vittoria Sperotto che dal 2018 entrerà a far parte dell’UCI Women’s WorldTour.

LA LISTA DEI PREMIATI ALL’UCI CYCLING GALA 2017:

• Winner of the UCI WorldTour individual ranking:
Greg Van Avermaet (BEL – BMC Racing Team)
• 2nd in the UCI WorldTour individual ranking: 
Christopher Froome (GBR – Team Sky)
• 3rd in the UCI WorldTour individual ranking:
Tom Dumoulin (NED – Team Sunweb)
• Winner of the UCI WorldTour team ranking: 
Team Sky

• Winner of the UCI Women’s WorldTour individual ranking:
Anna van der Breggen (NED – Boels Dolmans Cycling Team)
• 2nd in the UCI Women’s WorldTour individual ranking:
Annemiek van Vleuten (NED – Orica Scott)
• 3rd in the UCI Women’s WorldTour individual ranking:
Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL – WM3 Pro Cycling Team)
• Winner of the UCI Women’s WorldTour team ranking:
Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
• Winner of the UCI Women’s WorldTour youth ranking:
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN – Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling Team)

• UCI World Champion, Men Elite road race:
Peter Sagan (SVK)
• UCI World Champion, Women Elite road race:
Chantal Blaak (NED)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite individual time trial:
Tom Dumoulin (NED)
• UCI World Champion, Women Elite individual time trial:
Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite team time trial:
Team Sunweb
• UCI World Champion, Women Elite team time trial:
Team Sunweb

• Winner of the Giro d’Italia: 
Tom Dumoulin (NED – Team Sunweb)
• Winner of the Tour de France: 
Christopher Froome (GBR – Team Sky)
• Winner of the Vuelta Ciclista a España:
Christopher Froome (GBR – Team Sky)

• UCI World Champion, Women Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (C4):
Shawn Morelli (USA)
• UCI World Champions, Women Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (B):
Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (IRL)
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (T1):
Sergei Semochkin (RUS) 
• UCI World Champion, Men Elite para-cycling individual time trial and road race (H2):
Luca Mazzone (ITA).