Crystal Bicycle
The "Kristallen Fiets" (Dutch for "Crystal Bicycle") is a cycle racing award, created in 1992 by the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. The award is given annually to the Belgian rider considered to have performed the best over the year.
As of 2013, Johan Museeuw holds the record, winning the award five times. Only two cyclo-cross riders have won the award, Paul Herygers and Sven Nys, although Wout van Aert also won the trophy twice after already having shifted focus to road racing.
Other categories have been introduced at later stages, including the Best Young Rider award in 1994, the Best Cycling Manager award in 2000, the best domestique award in 2005 (commonly referred to as the Crystal Drop of Sweat), the Best Female Rider in 2016, and finally the Best Young Female Rider in 2023.
Recipients
External links
- Het Laatste Nieuws Website (in Dutch)
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- 1992 De Wolf
- 1993 Museeuw
- 1994 Herygers
- 1995–1997 Museeuw
- 1998 Steels
- 1999 Vandenbroucke
- 2000 Tchmil
- 2001 Verbrugghe
- 2002 Museeuw
- 2003 Van Petegem
- 2004–2006 Boonen
- 2007 S. Nys
- 2008–2011 Gilbert
- 2012 Boonen
- 2013 S. Nys
- 2014–2017 Van Avermaet
- 2018 Campenaerts
- 2019 Evenepoel
- 2020–2021 Van Aert
- 2022–2023 Evenepoel
- 1994 Trouvé
- 1995 Hoste
- 1996 D'Hollander
- 1997–1998 S. Nys
- 1999 Hulsmans
- 2000 Van Goolen
- 2001 Boonen
- 2002 De Weert
- 2003 Vansummeren
- 2004–2005 Albert
- 2006 Cornu
- 2007 Albert
- 2008 Bakelants
- 2009 Boeckmans
- 2010 Eijssen
- 2011 Van der Sande
- 2012 Van Hoecke
- 2013 Decraene
- 2014 Teuns
- 2015 De Plus
- 2016–2017 Lambrecht
- 2018 Evenepoel
- 2019 Van Wilder
- 2020–2021 T. Nys
- 2022 Segaert
- 2023 Lecerf
- 2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel
- 2001 Braeckevelt
- 2002–2003 Bruyneel
- 2004 Lefevere
- 2005 De Cauwer
- 2006 Lefevere
- 2007–2009 Bruyneel
- 2010 Sergeant
- 2011 Lelangue
- 2012 Bomans
- 2013 Lefevere
- 2014–2015 Planckaert
- 2016 De Weert
- 2017–2019 Lefevere
- 2020 Peiper
- 2021 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft
- 2022 Vanthourenhout
- 2023 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft
- 2005 Hulsmans
- 2006 Steegmans
- 2007 Vansummeren
- 2008 Aerts
- 2009 Vandenbergh
- 2010 Aerts
- 2011 Vanendert
- 2012 De Weert
- 2013 Vandenbergh
- 2014–2016 Keisse
- 2017 Vermote
- 2018–2021 Declercq
- 2022 Benoot
- 2023 Van Hooydonck
- 2016–2017 D'Hoore
- 2018 Degrendele
- 2019 Cant
- 2020–2023 Kopecky
- 2023 De Wilde