Froome wins Velo d'Or award

MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, FRANCE - JULY 10: Chris Froome of Great Britain riding for Sky Procycling takes the podium after defending the overall race leader's yellow jersey during stage eleven of the 2013 Tour de France, a 33KM Individual Time Trial from Avranches to Mont-Saint-Michel, on July 10, 2013 in Mont-Saint-Michel, France. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Published Oct 30, 2013

Paris - Tour de France champion Chris Froome has won the prestigious Velo d'Or award as the best rider of 2013, the Briton's Team Sky said on Wednesday.

Froome prevailed in a poll of cycling journalists set up by French publication Velo Magazine, with Colombia's Nairo Quintana, the Tour runner-up as well as leading climber and best young rider, was voted prospect of the year.

In addition to the Tour de France, Froome also won the Criterium du Dauphine and the Tour de Romandie.

Reuters