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The yellow-and-black brigade have enjoyed a
sensational season culminating with Primoz Roglic retaining his
Vuelta a Espana title on Sunday.
Slovenian Roglic, who finished runner-up in the Tour de France
after dramatically losing out on the penultimate day time trial,
also ended the year as best rider while team mate Wout van Aert
topped the rankings for one-day riders.
UCI rankings have been in existence since 1984.
Jumbo-Visma ended the season with 23 victories, including three
stages of the Tour de France, four at the Vuelta and two
monuments: Milan-San Remo and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
"This is a wonderful milestone," general manager Richard Plugge
says. "As a team, we wanted to get out of the first lockdown as
well as possible. It is great to see that everyone supported
that thought. Partners, sponsors, staff and of course the riders
have all contributed to this ultimate reward."
Jumbo-Visma have replaced British team Ineos Grenadiers
(formerly Team Sky) as the peloton's top dogs, although Plugge
said there is no time to stand still especially with Ineos, for
whom Tao Geoghegan Hart won the Giro d'Italia, looking to have
strengthened ahead of 2021.
"We set the bar high again for the new season, but of course we
continue to enjoy every victory," he said.
"Of course we have many more dreams that we want to realise. We
have been pursuing this path since 2015 and we would very much
like to continue on it."
There was more good news for Dutch cycling with Anna van der
Breggen finishing the year as best female rider after winning
the world road title and Giro Rosa.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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