Philippe Gilbert won the gold bike

Philippe Gilbert won the gold bike

Philo French magazine revealed on Thursday that specialized Belgian Philippe Gilbert on the world number one was awarded the gold bike, "Philo's role" as the best cyclist in 2011.

And the superiority of the Belgian rider on Australian Cadel Evans, winner of the Tour de France "Tour de Frances," and the British world champion Mark Cavendish in a referendum organized by the magazine for professional journalists in the sport of cycling.

Said Gilbert of the Journal of Philo, "a series of victories (which included winning the races daily, La Fleche Brabounkon and the Amstel Gold and Fleche Alon and Liège Bastuni Liege) formed an outstanding achievement, and Satzl also is that I have not lost since April 13 / April and until the second of July, a period which included a stage win in the Tour de France. "

The contestant won the professional races in one day in 18 races in 2011 to clinch the 89 points in the referendum, while Evans came in second place after collecting 73 points, followed by Cavendish, who collected 54 points.

Gilbert and behind the Swiss Fabian Cancellara, who won the award in 2010 after Spain's Alberto Contador to extract the highest awards at the level of cycling in the period from 2007 to 2009

And Slovak Peter Sagan won the prize for best rider under 26 years.