With the international road racing calendar wrapping up on Sunday, the road season has officially drawn to a close at the end of another exciting year of racing.
We saw a Giro d’Italia decided on the penultimate day, a Tour de France Femmes won by a returning superstar, and Monuments dominated by some of the best riders of their generation, who broke multiple records along the way.
On the men’s side, it was equally predictable that Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) came away with the most wins in 2025 with 20, though it was surprisingly close in the end, with French sprinter Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) scoring win number 19 on the final day of racing. The Slovenian was nearly dethroned.
In quality of wins, however, Pogačar’s are unmatched by anyone – this season and practically ever – with three Monument wins, the Tour de France and World Championships among his 20 victories. Seventeen were WorldTour, too, compared to just six at that level for Magnier.
Lorena Wiebes – 25 wins (19 WorldTour)
As we’ve already said, Lorena Wiebes took the most individual wins on the road. Her 25 victories included a whopping 19 at Women’s WorldTour level – no lower-level farming needed when you’re as good as she is – including the inaugural Milan-San Remo Donne, the Netherlands national championships, and two stages of the Tour de France. She also won five out of six stages and the GC of the Simac Ladies Tour, and four sprint classifications in stage races.
Oh, and that 25 doesn’t even include her rainbow jersey at the Gravel World…
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