Alaphilippe, Bernal, Roglič and Evenepoel nominated for Velo d'Or 2019

11 men and one woman have been nominated for the cyclist of the year award

Egan Bernal and Julian Alaphilippe on stage 21 of the Tour de France 2019 (Photo by Peter De Voecht-Pool/Getty Images)

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Primož Roglič, Egan Bernal, Julian Alaphilippe and Remco Evenepoel are among the names nominated for the 2019 Velo d'Or, awarded to the best cyclist of the year.

12 riders in total have been shortlisted, 11 men and one woman, Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) being the one female representative following her stunning 100km solo ride to claim the women's road race title at the Yorkshire World Championships, as well as victories at Strade Bianche and the Giro Rosa.

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Jonny Long

Jonny was Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor until 2022.

I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.

Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).

I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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