Every year, there are one or two riders in the vast world of competitive cycling that capture my attention and imagination, not just as a cycling journalist, but as a fan of the sport. Recent examples include Remco Evenepoel’s debut WorldTour season on the heels of his annihilation of the junior men’s 2018 world championships, Christopher Blevins and Kate Courtney en route to their Olympic debut, and basically everything Mathieu van der Poel does.