Mathieu van der Pol has won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy for the Dutch male professional cyclist of the year, ending Tom Dumoulin's five-year reign. The award is selected by current and former riders, journalists, and Internet voting. Van der Pol did not attend the gala in Den Bosch on Wednesday evening because he attended the funeral of his grandfather Raymond Poulidor in France on Tuesday.

Annemiek van Wooten (Mitchelton Scott) won the Keaty van Wooten Hage Trophy for best female rider of the year, and Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg) was awarded best young rider Gerry Knettemann Trophy for the best young rider.

Van der Pol won the Dutch, European, and World titles in cyclocross, and 32 wins in the overall class at the Superprestige and DVV Trophy. In mountain biking he won three World Cup cross country races and the European Championships, but it was his victories on the road that attracted the most attention. From the cross season, he won the Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse Pijl, took his first World Tour win at the Amstel Gold Race, and then won the Tour of Britain overall, finishing the season 12th in the UCI world ranking.

In voting for the rider of the year, Van der Pol chose Il Lombardia winner Bauke Mollema, Tour de France podium finisher Steven Kruijswijk, Tour stage winner Mike Tunissen, track sprinter Harry Lavreisen, and BMX racer Twan van Gent.

Van Vleuten returned from a knee injury at last year's World Championships to win Strade Bianche. He finished second in three classic races, the Tour of Flanders, the Amstel Gold Race, and the Flèche Wallonne, and won the Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Having established her one-day ability, she went on to win the Giro d'Italia again and then the UCI Road World Championships elite women's road race in Yorkshire with a solo 100km breakaway victory.

This season Vives won the Nokelle-Coase, was second in Ghent-Wevelgem and Driesdaghe-Brugge-De Panne, won a stage at the Tour de Yorkshire, and won all three stages and the overall at the Tour of Chongmin Island, beating Marianne Vos She won the European and Dutch road titles ahead of Marianne Vos. In addition to winning the Prudential RideLondon, she also won stages at the BeNe Tour, the Ladies Tour of Norway, and the Boels Ladies Tour, and was ranked No. 1 in the UCI world rankings.