Best Domestique in the World – Vote the finalists

Michael Morkov leads the line for Deceuninck-QuickStep

Michael Mørkøv leads the line for Deceuninck-QuickStep (Image credit: Getty Images)

Alongside our special Cyclingnews Domestique Week content, we've created a Twitter poll for readers and fans to decide who is the Cyclingnews 'Best Domestique in the World'.

So far we've held polls to crown the best Classics workhorse, the best sprint support and leadout rider, the best Grand Tour mountain domestique and the best eclectic hard-worker. Now it's is time for the vote off to select the semi-finalists, followed later by the finalists, in order to crown the Cyclingnews Best Domestique in the World.

Tim Declercq (Deceuninck-QuickStep) won the poll for best Classics workhorse, with even teammate Yves Lampaert singing his praises and helping him secure extra votes. The hardworking Belgian, who spoke to Cyclingnews about his life on the front of the peloton, scored 42 per cent of the votes, beating Daniel Oss (Bora-Hansgrohe), who took 27.9 per cent, and Luke Rowe (Team Ineos), on 16 per cent. Michael Schär's hard work for CCC Team leader Greg Van Avermaet was not fully appreciated, and he only scored 4.9 per cent.

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.