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Being in pro cyclist couples is tough, many many days spent away from home travelling the globe to race. If you’re racing in a different place to your partner, you might not see them for weeks or months. There are some riders racing in Australia over the last 5 weeks since the Tour Down Under. These riders will have been away from home for a long time.

Over the course of a season, men’s and women’s WorldTour riders jet off to all sorts of places, it’s tough to keep a relationship going. So who would do you think would understand that lifestyle? Another pro cyclist of course!

I thought about just presenting all of the pro cyclist couples I could find in a long list but there are better options. Especially once I saw the size of the list I’d put together! So, because everyone loves rankings, I’ve worked something out. I’ve given each rider a score out of 5 and added them together for an overall couple score. This way you can see which rider is the more successful in the couple too – it does vary!

Gradings

5 – A World Champion maybe, the very best and serial winners

4 – Regular winners, big names but maybe not the biggest

3 – Solid riders, maybe elite domestiques who get the odd win

2 – Up and coming, showing promise or less visible at races

1 – Very early days career-wise or a lower level pro cyclist

WorldTour Cyclist Couples (10-7)

Jason Kenny (5) & Laura Kenny (5)

Achievements: 10 Olympic Golds & 10 World Track Championships

Total Score: 10

Elia Viviani (5) & Elena Cecchini (3)

Achievements: 1 Olympic Gold, 1 European Road Championship, 6 National Road Championships, 9 GT Stages, 1 GT Points Jersey

Total Score: 8

Taylor Phinney (3) & Katarzyna Niewiadoma (4)

Achievements: 5 National Road Championships, 1 GT Stage, 1 Classic

Total Score: 7

Dylan Van Baarle (3) & Floortje Mackaij (4)

Achievements: 1 World Road Championship, 1 European Road Championship, 1 National Road Championship, 1 Classic

Total Score: 7

Philip Deignan (2) & Liz Deignan (5)

Achievements: 2 World Road Championships, 1 World Track Championship, 4 National Road Championships, 1 GT Stage, 1 Monument, 6 Classics

Total Score: 7

Julian Alaphilippe (5) & Marion Rousse (2)

Achievements: 1 National Road Championship, 5 GT Stages, 1 GT Mountains Jersey, 1 Monument, 4 Classics

Total Score: 7

ProTeam Cyclist Couples (6-5)

Tao Geoghegan Hart (3) & Hannah Barnes (3)

Achievements: 1 World Road Championship, 2 National Road Championships, 1 National Track Championship, 1 GT Stage

Total Score: 6

Tadej Pogačar (4) & Urška Žigart (2)

Achievements: 1 National Road Championship, 3 GT Stages, 1 GT Youth Jersey

Total Score: 6

Lars Van den Broek (1) & Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak (5)

Achievements: 2 World Road Championships, 4 Classics

Total Score: 6

Rohan Dennis (4) & Melissa Hoskins (2)

Achievements: 4 World Road Championships, 3 World Track Championships, 3 National Road Championships, 4 GT Stages

Total Score: 6

Linda Villumsen (4) & Emma Trott (2)

Achievements: 1 World Road Championships, 7 National Road Championships

Total Score: 6

Lucy van der Haar

Lars Van der Haar (3) & Lucy Van der Haar (3)

Achievements: 1 Cyclo-Cross World Cup, 1 European Cyclo-Cross Championship, 2 National Cyclo-Cross Championships, 1 GT Stage

Total Score: 6

Vincent Ragot (1) & Audrey Cordon-Ragot (4)

Achievements: 4 National Road Championships, 1 GT Stage

Total Score: 5

Joonas Henttala (1) & Lotta Henttala (4)

Achievements: 12 National Road Championships, 2 Classics

Total Score: 5

Tayler Wiles (3) / Olivia Dillon (2)

Achievements: 5 National Road Championships

Total Score: 5

Sofie de Vuyst

Bart De Clercq (2) & Sofie de Vuyst (3)

Achievements: 1 GT Stage, 1 Classic

Total Score: 5

Toms Skujins (3) & Abigail Mickey (2)

Achievements: 2 National Road Championships

Total Score: 5

Kasper Asgreen (3) & Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (2)

Achievements: 1 Classic

Total Score: 5

Continental Cyclist Couples (4-2)

Jon Dibben (2) & Abby-Mae Parkinson (2)

Achievements: 1 World Track Championship, 2 European Track Championships, 1 National Track Championship

Total Score: 4

Gabriel Cullaigh (2) & Grace Garner (2)

Achievements: Nothing major yet!

Total Score: 4

Gabriel Cullaigh

Mikkel Bjerg (2) & Emma Cecilie Norsgaard (2)

Achievements: 1 National Road Championship

Total Score: 4

Ollie Wood (1) & Alice Barnes (3)

Achievements: 1 World Road Championship, 2 National Road Championships, 5 National Track Championships

Total Score: 4

Sep Kuss (3) & Noemi Ferrè (1)

Achievements: 1 GT Stage

Total Score: 4

Barney Storey (1) & Sarah Storey (3)

Achievements: 13 Paralympic Golds, 27 World Paralympic Championships, 2 European Track Championships, 1 European Road Championship

Total Score: 4

Matt Rowe (1) & Dani King (3)

Achievements: 1 Olympic Gold, 3 Track World Championships, 2 European Track Championships, 1 National Track Championship

Total Score: 4

Wim Stroetinga (2) & Roxane Knetemann (2)

Achievements: 1 European Track Championships, 14 National Track Championships

Total Score: 4

Giovanni Carboni (2) & Arianna Fidanza (2)

Achievements: Nothing major yet!

Total Score: 4

Guy Sagniv (2) & Omer Shapira (2)

Achievements: 7 National Road Championships

Total Score: 4

Liane Lippert

Niklas Märkl (1) & Liane Lippert (3)

Achievements: 1 National Road Race Championship

Total Score: 4

Ivo Oliveira (2) & Martina Alzini (1)

Achievements: 1 European Track Games Gold

Total Score: 3

Stijn de Bock (1) & Mieke Docx (2)

Achievements: Nothing major yet!

Total Score: 3

Pablo Rodriguez Guede (1) & Ane Santesteban (2)

Achievements: 1 National Road Race Championship

Total Score: 3

Jasper Ockeloen (1) & Riejanne Markus (2)

Achievements: Nothing major yet!

Total Score: 3

Ivan Smirnov (1) & Mariia Novolodskaya (2)

Achievements: Nothing major yet!

Total Score: 3

Ahmad Badreddin Wais (1) & Marlen Reusser (2)

Achievements: 1 European Games Championship, 1 National Road Race Championship

Total Score: 3

Dan Bigham

Dan Bigham (1) & Joscelin Lowden (1)

Achievements: 4 National Track Championships

Total Score: 2

Jon Archibald (1) & Emily Meakin (1)

Achievements: 3 National Track Championships

Total Score: 2

Jacob Duehring (1) & Jasmin Duehring (1)

Achievements: 4 Pan American Track Championships, 2 Pan American Track Games Championships, 1 Pan American Road Games Championship

Total Score: 2

If you know of any more pro cyclist couples – let me know in the comments below!