FirstCycling rider of the month

2019

Month	Winner	Second	Third
May	Richard Carapaz	Primoz Roglic	Vincenzo Nibali
April	Jakob Fuglsang	Mathieu van der Poel	Philippe Gilbert
March	Julian Alaphilippe	Primoz Roglic	Zdenek Stybar
February	Alexey Lutsenko	Ion Izagirre	Tadej Pogacar
January	Daryl Impey	Elia Viviani	Richie Porte

2018

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Thibaut Pinot	Gianni Moscon	Sam Bennett
September	Alejandro Valverde	Simon Yates	Michael Matthews
August	Matej Mohoric	Michal Kwiatkowski	Julian Alaphilippe
July	Geraint Thomas	Peter Sagan	Tom Dumoulin
June	Geraint Thomas	Richie Porte	Adam Yates
May	Chris Froome	Simon Yates	Egan Bernal
April	Primoz Roglic	Peter Sagan	Niki Terpstra
March	Vincenzo Nibali	Alejandro Valverde	Tiesj Benoot
February	Alejandro Valverde	Dylan Groenewegen	Elia Viviani
January	Daryl Impey	Jay McCarthy	John Degenkolb

2017

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Vincenzo Nibali	Fernando Gaviria	Tim Wellens
September	Peter Sagan	Chris Froome	Tom Dumoulin
August	Dylan Teuns	Elia Viviani	Tomasz Marczynski
July	Marcel Kittel	Chris Froome	Michael Matthews
June	Jakob Fuglsang	Simon Spilak	Richie Porte
May	Tom Dumoulin	Fernando Gaviria	Nairo Quintana
April	Alejandro Valverde	Philippe Gilbert	Greg Van Avermaet
March	Michal Kwiatkowski	Greg Van Avermaet	Alejandro Valverde
February	Rui Costa	Peter Sagan	Alejandro Valverde
January	Richie Porte	Caleb Ewan	Bauke Mollema

2016

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Peter Sagan	Esteban Chaves	Tony Martin
September	Nairo Quintana	Peter Sagan	Chris Froome
August	Greg Van Avermaet	Fabian Cancellara	Oliver Naesen
July	Chris Froome	Peter Sagan	Mark Cavendish
June	Chris Froome	Miguel Ángel López	Peter Sagan
May	Vincenzo Nibali	Esteban Chaves	Steven Kruijswijk
April	Peter Sagan	Wout Poels	Mathew Hayman
March	Peter Sagan	Greg Van Avermaet	Fabian Cancellara
February	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Wout Poels	Marcel Kittel
January	Simon Gerrans	Dayer Quintana	Caleb Ewan

2015

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Vincenzo Nibali	Jan Bakelants	Matteo Trentin
September	Fabio Aru	Peter Sagan	Tom Dumoulin
August	André Greipel	Tim Wellens	Esteban Chaves
July	Chris Froome	Nairo Quintana	Peter Sagan
June	Chris Froome	Simon Spilak	Tejay van Garderen
May	Alberto Contador	Mikel Landa	Fabio Aru
April	Alejandro Valverde	Alexander Kristoff	John Degenkolb
March	Richie Porte	John Degenkolb	Nairo Quintana
February	Mark Cavendish	Alexander Kristoff	Chris Froome
January	Rohan Dennis	Daniel Diaz	Richie Porte

2014

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Daniel Martin	Arnaud Démare	Philippe Gilbert
September	Alberto Contador	Michal Kwiatkowski	Simon Gerrans
August	Alexander Kristoff	Rafal Majka	Alejandro Valverde
July	Vincenzo Nibali	Marcel Kittel	Rafal Majka
June	Rui Costa	Andrew Talansky	Alberto Contador
May	Nairo Quintana	Rigoberto Uran	Fabio Aru
April	Fabian Cancellara	Alejandro Valverde	Niki Terpstra
March	Alberto Contador	Alexander Kristoff	Carlos Betancur
February	Alejandro Valverde	Michal Kwiatkowski	André Greipel
January	Simon Gerrans	Nairo Quintana	Julian Arredondo

2013

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Joaquim Rodríguez	John Degenkolb	Diego Ulissi
September	Chris Horner	Rui Costa	Alejandro Valverde
August	Zdenek Stybar	Thor Hushovd	Peter Sagan
July	Chris Froome	Nairo Quintana	Marcel Kittel
June	Rui Costa	Chris Froome	Richie Porte
May	Vincenzo Nibali	Mark Cavendish	Rigoberto Uran
April	Fabian Cancellara	Nairo Quintana	Daniel Martin
March	Fabian Cancellara	Peter Sagan	Vincenzo Nibali
February	Mark Cavendish	Chris Froome	Alejandro Valverde
January	Tom-Jelte Slagter	André Greipel	Daniel Diaz

2012

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Tony Martin	Marco Marcato	Nairo Quintana
September	Alberto Contador	Philippe Gilbert	Alejandro Valverde
August	John Degenkolb	Bradley Wiggins	Arnaud Démare
July	Bradley Wiggins	Chris Froome	Peter Sagan
June	Peter Sagan	Rui Costa	Bradley Wiggins
May	Ryder Hesjedal	Joaquim Rodríguez	Peter Sagan
April	Tom Boonen	Samuel Sánchez	Bradley Wiggins
March	Vincenzo Nibali	Tom Boonen	Simon Gerrans
February	Tom Boonen	Jonathan Tiernan-Locke	Elia Viviani
January	Simon Gerrans	André Greipel	Levi Leipheimer

2011

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Oliver Zaugg	Tony Martin	Greg Van Avermaet
September	Juan José Cobo	Mark Cavendish	Chris Froome
August	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Peter Sagan	Marcel Kittel
July	Cadel Evans	Mark Cavendish	Thor Hushovd
June	Bradley Wiggins	Levi Leipheimer	Joaquim Rodríguez
May	Alberto Contador	Chris Horner	Marcel Kittel
April	Philippe Gilbert	Andreas Klöden	Cadel Evans
March	Alberto Contador	Cadel Evans	Matthew Goss
February	Robert Gesink	Peter Sagan	Mark Renshaw
January	Cameron Meyer	Andrea Guardini	Matthew Goss

2010

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Thor Hushovd	Philippe Gilbert	Adam Blythe
September	Vincenzo Nibali	Igor Anton	Ezequiel Mosquera
August	Tony Martin	Daniel Martin	Tyler Farrar
July	Alberto Contador	Andy Schleck	Mark Cavendish
June	Janez Brajkovic	Fränk Schleck	Alberto Contador
May	Ivan Basso	David Arroyo	Vincenzo Nibali
April	Fabian Cancellara	Alexandre Vinokourov	Alejandro Valverde
March	Óscar Freire	Alberto Contador	Stefano Garzelli
February	Alessandro Petacchi	Fabian Cancellara	Alberto Contador
January	André Greipel	Vincenzo Nibali	Luis León Sánchez

2009

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Philippe Gilbert	Tyler Farrar	Robert Gesink
September	Cadel Evans	Alejandro Valverde	André Greipel
August	Edvald Boasson-Hagen	Alessandro Ballan	Tyler Farrar
July	Alberto Contador	Mark Cavendish	Lance Armstrong
June	Fabian Cancellara	Alejandro Valverde	Cadel Evans
May	Denis Menchov	Danilo Di Luca	Carlos Sastre
April	Tom Boonen	Andy Schleck	Stijn Devolder
March	Mark Cavendish	Luis León Sánchez	Michele Scarponi
February	Levi Leipheimer	Thomas Voeckler	Thor Hushovd
January	Allan Davis	Stuart O'Grady	José Joaquin Rojas

2008

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Damiano Cunego	Philippe Gilbert	Danilo Di Luca
September	Alberto Contador	Alessandro Ballan	Levi Leipheimer
August	Alejandro Valverde	Iván Gutiérrez	Francesco Ginanni
July	Carlos Sastre	Mark Cavendish	Cadel Evans
June	Alejandro Valverde	Roman Kreuziger	Cadel Evans
May	Alberto Contador	Riccardo Riccò	Emanuele Sella
April	Tom Boonen	Alberto Contador	Alejandro Valverde
March	Fabian Cancellara	Davide Rebellin	Óscar Freire
February	Levi Leipheimer	Stijn Devolder	Philippe Gilbert
January	André Greipel	Tom Boonen	Allan Davis

2007

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Damiano Cunego	Alessandro Ballan	Fränk Schleck
September	Denis Menchov	Paolo Bettini	Samuel Sánchez
August	Jens Voigt	Alessandro Ballan	Leonardo Bertagnolli
July	Alberto Contador	Michael Rasmussen	Fabian Cancellara
June	Christophe Moreau	Vladimir Karpets	Alexandre Vinokourov
May	Danilo Di Luca	Alessandro Petacchi	Andy Schleck
April	Alessandro Ballan	Danilo Di Luca	Stuart O'Grady
March	Alberto Contador	Andreas Klöden	Óscar Freire
February	Alessandro Petacchi	Óscar Freire	Levi Leipheimer
January	Martin Elmiger	Tom Boonen	Wilfried Cretskens

2006

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Paolo Bettini	Samuel Sánchez	Davide Rebellin
September	Alexandre Vinokourov	Paolo Bettini	Alejandro Valverde
August	Jens Voigt	Stefan Schumacher	Tom Boonen
July	Robbie McEwen	Óscar Pereiro	Óscar Freire
June	Jan Ullrich	Levi Leipheimer	Koldo Gil
May	Ivan Basso	Robbie McEwen	José Enrique Gutiérrez
April	Tom Boonen	Alejandro Valverde	Fabian Cancellara
March	Tom Boonen	Floyd Landis	Filippo Pozzato
February	Floyd Landis	Alessandro Petacchi	Paolo Bettini
January	Tom Boonen	Simon Gerrans	Allan Davis

2005

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Paolo Bettini	Murilo Fischer	Erik Zabel
September	Roberto Heras	Tom Boonen	Alessandro Petacchi
August	Levi Leipheimer	Bobby Julich	Ivan Basso
July	Lance Armstrong	Ivan Basso	Robbie McEwen
June	Iñigo Landaluze	Aitor Gonzalez	Santiago Botero
May	Paolo Savoldelli	Gilberto Simoni	José Rujano
April	Tom Boonen	Danilo Di Luca	Alexandre Vinokourov
March	Alessandro Petacchi	Óscar Freire	Bobby Julich
February	Alessandro Petacchi	Alejandro Valverde	Graeme Brown
January	Luis León Sánchez	Robbie McEwen	Robert Hunter

2004

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Óscar Freire	Damiano Cunego	Thomas Dekker
September	Roberto Heras	Santiago Pérez	Alessandro Petacchi
August	Paolo Bettini	Stuart O'Grady	Juan Antonio Flecha
July	Lance Armstrong	Andreas Klöden	Ivan Basso
June	Jan Ullrich	Iban Mayo	Miguel Ángel Martin
May	Damiano Cunego	Alessandro Petacchi	Serhiy Honchar
April	Davide Rebellin	Magnus Bäckstedt	Tyler Hamilton
March	Óscar Freire	Paolo Bettini	Jörg Jaksche
February	Alejandro Valverde	Óscar Freire	Robert Hunter

2003

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Igor Astarloa	Michele Bartoli	Erik Zabel
September	Roberto Heras	Isidro Nozal Vega	Alejandro Valverde
August	Paolo Bettini	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Daniele Nardello
July	Lance Armstrong	Jan Ullrich	Alessandro Petacchi
June	Lance Armstrong	Alexandre Vinokourov	Iban Mayo
May	Gilberto Simoni	Alessandro Petacchi	Stefano Garzelli
April	Peter Van Petegem	Tyler Hamilton	Iban Mayo
March	Paolo Bettini	Filippo Pozzato	Alexandre Vinokourov
February	Jaan Kirsipuu	Alessandro Petacchi	Alberto Loddo

2002

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Mario Cipollini	Michele Bartoli	Jakob Piil
September	Aitor Gonzalez	Roberto Heras	Robbie McEwen
August	Laurent Jalabert	Johan Museeuw	Dario Frigo
July	Lance Armstrong	Joseba Beloki	Santiago Botero
June	Lance Armstrong	Alex Zülle	Erik Zabel
May	Paolo Savoldelli	Mario Cipollini	Tyler Hamilton
April	Johan Museeuw	Andrea Tafi	Paolo Bettini
March	Mario Cipollini	Alexandre Vinokourov	Alessandro Petacchi
February	Óscar Freire	Paolo Bettini	Alessandro Petacchi

2001

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Óscar Freire	Danilo Di Luca	Richard Virenque
September	Ángel Casero	Oscar Sevilla	José María Jiménez
August	Erik Zabel	Paolo Bettini	Laurent Jalabert
July	Lance Armstrong	Jan Ullrich	Joseba Beloki
June	Gilberto Simoni	Lance Armstrong	Abraham Olano
May	Erik Zabel	Mario Cipollini	Dario Frigo
April	Servais Knaven	Gianluca Bortolami	Oscar Camenzind
March	Davide Rebellin	Erik Zabel	Dario Frigo
February	Erik Zabel	Davide Rebellin	Erik Dekker

2000

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Romans Vainsteins	Raimondas Rumsas	Andrea Tafi
September	Roberto Heras	Jan Ullrich	Ángel Casero
August	Erik Dekker	Laurent Dufaux	Gabriele Missaglia
July	Lance Armstrong	Jan Ullrich	Erik Dekker
June	Tyler Hamilton	Oscar Camenzind	José María Jiménez
May	Stefano Garzelli	Francesco Casagrande	Gilberto Simoni
April	Johan Museeuw	Erik Zabel	Andrei Tchmil
March	Erik Zabel	Abraham Olano	Andreas Klöden
February	Laurent Jalabert	Abraham Olano	Miguel Angel Peña

1999

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Óscar Freire	Mirko Celestino	Marc Wauters
September	Jan Ullrich	Igor González de Galdeano	Marcel Wüst
August	Francesco Casagrande	Grzegorz Gwiazdowski	Mirko Celestino
July	Lance Armstrong	Mario Cipollini	Alex Zülle
June	Marco Pantani	Ivan Gotti	Paolo Savoldelli
May	Laurent Jalabert	Mario Cipollini	Michel Sandstø
April	Frank Vandenbroucke	Peter Van Petegem	Andrea Tafi
March	Michele Bartoli	Andrei Tchmil	Michael Boogerd
February	Frank Vandenbroucke	Mario Cipollini	Davide Rebellin

1998

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Oscar Camenzind	Jacky Durand	Abraham Olano
September	Abraham Olano	José María Jiménez	Fernando Escartín
August	Michele Bartoli	Francesco Casagrande	Abraham Olano
July	Marco Pantani	Jan Ullrich	Tom Steels
June	Marco Pantani	Pavel Tonkov	Giuseppe Guerini
May	Alex Zülle	Laurent Dufaux	Mario Cipollini
April	Michele Bartoli	Franco Ballerini	Johan Museeuw
March	Erik Zabel	Frank Vandenbroucke	Rolf Järmann
February	Rodolfo Massi	Michele Bartoli	Tom Steels

1997

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Laurent Jalabert	Laurent Brochard	Andrei Tchmil
September	Alex Zülle	Fernando Escartín	Laurent Dufaux
August	Davide Rebellin	Erik Dekker	Andrea Tafi
July	Jan Ullrich	Richard Virenque	Marco Pantani
June	Ivan Gotti	Pavel Tonkov	Udo Bölts
May	Pavel Tonkov	Mario Cipollini	Johan Museeuw
April	Rolf Sørensen	Laurent Jalabert	Michele Bartoli
March	Laurent Jalabert	Erik Zabel	Tom Steels
February	Erik Zabel	Emmanuel Magnien	Rodolfo Massi

1996

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Johan Museeuw	Andrea Tafi	Nicola Minali
September	Alex Zülle	Laurent Dufaux	Andrea Tafi
August	Andrea Ferrigato	Udo Bölts	Massimiliano Lelli
July	Bjarne Riis	Jan Ullrich	Richard Virenque
June	Pavel Tonkov	Enrico Zaina	Miguel Indurain
May	Mario Cipollini	Miguel Indurain	Philippe Gaumont
April	Johan Museeuw	Michele Bartoli	Francesco Casagrande
March	Gabriele Colombo	Laurent Jalabert	Alex Zülle
February	Wilfried Nelissen	Frank Vandenbroucke	Ján Svorada

1995

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Abraham Olano	Miguel Indurain	Gianni Faresin
September	Laurent Jalabert	Abraham Olano	Nicola Minali
August	Johan Museeuw	Lance Armstrong	Maximilian Sciandri
July	Miguel Indurain	Alex Zülle	Laurent Jalabert
June	Miguel Indurain	Pavel Tonkov	Laurent Jalabert
May	Tony Rominger	Evgeni Berzin	Miguel Indurain
April	Mauro Gianetti	Johan Museeuw	Franco Ballerini
March	Laurent Jalabert	Stefano Colagè	Nicola Minali
February	Franco Ballerini	Stefano Della Santa	Alex Zülle

1994

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Francesco Casagrande	Vladislav Bobrik	Erik Zabel
September	Claudio Chiappucci	Tony Rominger	Simone Biasci
August	Gianluca Bortolami	Luc Leblanc	Armand de Las Cuevas
July	Miguel Indurain	Piotr Ugrumov	Marco Pantani
June	Evgeni Berzin	Marco Pantani	Ján Svorada
May	Tony Rominger	Laurent Jalabert	Endrio Leoni
April	Andrei Tchmil	Tony Rominger	Gianni Bugno
March	Giorgio Furlan	Tony Rominger	Mario Cipollini
February	Adriano Baffi	Wilfried Nelissen	Stefano Della Santa

1993

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Pascal Richard	Johan Museeuw	Armand de Las Cuevas
September	Alvaro Mejia	Maximilian Sciandri	Maurizio Fondriest
August	Lance Armstrong	Maurizio Fondriest	Alberto Volpi
July	Miguel Indurain	Tony Rominger	Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
June	Miguel Indurain	Piotr Ugrumov	Maurizio Fondriest
May	Tony Rominger	Alex Zülle	Rolf Sørensen
April	Tony Rominger	Johan Museeuw	Rolf Sørensen
March	Maurizio Fondriest	Mario Cipollini	Alex Zülle
February	Julian Gorospe	Wilfried Nelissen	Michele Bartoli

1992

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Tony Rominger	Hendrik Redant	Johan Bruyneel
September	Gianni Bugno	Laurent Jalabert	Miguel Indurain
August	Massimo Ghirotto	Viatcheslav Ekimov	Laurent Jalabert
July	Miguel Indurain	Claudio Chiappucci	Gianni Bugno
June	Miguel Indurain	Claudio Chiappucci	Mario Cipollini
May	Tony Rominger	Jesus Montoya Alarcon	Pedro Delgado
April	Olaf Ludwig	Tony Rominger	Jacky Durand
March	Moreno Argentin	Sean Kelly	Jean-Francois Bernard
February	Moreno Argentin	Melchor Mauri	Johan Capiot

1991

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Sean Kelly	Johan Capiot	Tony Rominger
September	Miguel Indurain	Maurizio Fondriest	Sean Kelly
August	Gianni Bugno	Johan Museeuw	Phil Anderson
July	Miguel Indurain	Gianni Bugno	Claudio Chiappucci
June	Franco Chioccioli	Massimiliano Lelli	Gianni Bugno
May	Melchor Mauri	Tony Rominger	Jean-Paul Van Poppel
April	Moreno Argentin	Marc Madiot	Edwig van Hooydonck
March	Claudio Chiappucci	Tony Rominger	Stephen Roche
February	Phil Anderson	Melchor Mauri	Roberto Lezaun

1990

Month	Winner	Second	Third
October	Gilles Delion	Rolf Sørensen	Franco Ballerini
September	Rudy Dhaenens	Franco Ballerini	Laudelino Cubino
August	Miguel Indurain	Charly Mottet	Frans Maassen
July	Greg LeMond	Erik Breukink	Claudio Chiappucci
June	Gianni Bugno	Marco Giovannetti	Charly Mottet
May	Marco Giovannetti	Uwe Raab	Charly Mottet
April	Moreno Argentin	Eddy Planckaert	Eric van Lancker
March	Gianni Bugno	Miguel Indurain	Tony Rominger
February	Adriano Baffi	Olaf Ludwig	Eduardo Chozas