CN reader polls: who/what would you pick?

[ak-zaaf]

Before CN cuts it down to a few choices, who/what would you pick for the usual categories this year?

My picks:
Male Cyclo-crosser - Niels Albert
Female Cyclo-crosser - Marianne Vos
Male Mountain Biker - Dunno
Female Mountain Biker - Dunno
Product - Dunno
Team Bike - Cervelo
Photo - Other topic.
Most Improved Rider - Phillipe Gilbert
Stage Race - Paris - Nice
One Day Race - Omloop het Nieuwsblad
Male Track Rider - Dunno
Female Track Rider - Dunno
Male Road Rider - Alberto Contador
Female Road Rider - Marianne Vos
Best Moment - The moment it seemed like Valverde had cracked and Gesink actually had a shot at winning the Vuelta. Didn't last long.
Legend of Cycling - Frank Vandenbroucke (only candidate I presume?)
Rider of the Year - Johnny Hoogerland ;x

 

[Greg Johnson]

I would list mine, but that would be cheating wouldn't it?

Cheers
Greg Johnson

 

[Moondance]

Like the OP i left out where I didn't feel I had the knowledge to contribute properly.

Male Cyclo-crosser: Niels Albert, pretty much the only choice here
Most Improved Rider - Edvald Boasson Hagen
Stage Race - Giro d'Italia
One Day Race - Tour of Flanders
Male Track Rider - Gregory Bauge
Female Track Rider - Simona Krupeckaitė
Male Road Rider - Mark Cavendish
Female Road Rider - Marianne Vos
Best Moment - Andy Schleck riding to a dominant victory in L-B-L
Legend of Cycling - Kristin Armstrong
Rider of the Year - Alberto Contador

 

[Anonymous]

Before CN cuts it down to a few choices, who/what would you pick for the usual categories this year?

Male Cyclo-crosser - Dunno
Female Cyclo-crosser - Dunno
Male Mountain Biker - Dunno
Female Mountain Biker - Dunno
Product - Dunno
Team Bike - Cervelo
Photo - My Saxobank TT photo
Most Improved Rider - Vincenzo Nibali, one for the future
Stage Race - Giro d'Italia
One Day Race - World Championships, Mendrisio
Male Track Rider - Dunno
Female Track Rider - Dunno
Male Road Rider - Alberto Contador
Female Road Rider - Dunno
Best Moment - Verbier, AC attacks to leave the best with the rest
Legend of Cycling - Inigo Cuesta, age is no obstacle
Rider of the Year - Me

 

[ImmaculateKadence]

My picks:
Male Cyclo-crosser - Unsure
Female Cyclo-crosser - Unsure
Male Mountain Biker - Julien Absalon (yet again)
Female Mountain Biker - Elizabeth Osl
Product - SRAM XX (from what I've read)
Team Bike - Trek Madone
Photo - Haussler winning stage 13 at the Tour
Most Improved Rider - Wiggins? I didn't expect that performance at the Tour.
Stage Race - The Giro
One Day Race - Milan-Sanremo
Male Track Rider - Unsure
Female Track Rider - Unsure
Male Road Rider - Cavendish
Female Road Rider - Unsure
Best Moment - Cav winning Sanremo
Legend of Cycling - Vandenbroucke
Rider of the Year - Cavendish

 

[Anonymous]

Easy for me...

Male Track Rider - Chris Hoy, came back from injury and in one weekend destroyed everyone
Female Track Rider - Lizzie Armitstead, brilliant performances in points and scratch and part of the world record breaking pursuit team
Most Improved Rider - Hausller, closer than every to showing hes the real deal
Stage Race - The Giro
One Day Race - Paris Roubaix.. always will be for me
Male Road Rider - Im gonna say cadel for finally winning something, mainly cos i cannot vote for contador or piti..
Best Moment - De Ghents continuous attacks in the ToB
Legend of Cycling - Vandenbroucke
Rider of the Year - Cavendish

 

[Rice Daddy]

Male Cyclo-crosser - Niels Albert
Female Cyclo-crosser - Katie Compton
Male Mountain Biker - Nino Schurter
Female Mountain Biker - Irina Kalentieva
Product - Crumpton SL frameset
Team Bike - Specialized Tarmac
Most Improved Rider - Phillipe Gilbert
Stage Race - Giro D'Italia
One Day Race - Paris-Roubaix
Male Track Rider - Taylor Phinney
Female Track Rider - Victoria Pendleton
Male Road Rider - Phillipe Gilbert
Female Road Rider - Marianne Vos
Best Moment - Cavendish pips Haussler at the line at Milan-San Remo.
Legend of Cycling - Lance Armstrong
Rider of the Year - Mark Cavendish

 

[auscyclefan94]

Male Cyclo-crosser - Dunno
Female Cyclo-crosser - Dunno
Male Mountain Biker - Dunno
Female Mountain Biker - Dunno
Product - Dunno
Team Bike - Cervelo
Photo - My Saxobank TT photo
Most Improved Rider - Vincenzo Nibali, one for the future
Stage Race - Giro d'Italia
One Day Race - World Championships, Mendrisio
Male Track Rider - Dunno
Female Track Rider - Dunno
Male Road Rider - Alberto Contador
Female Road Rider - Dunno
Best Moment - Verbier, AC attacks to leave the best with the rest
Legend of Cycling - Inigo Cuesta, age is no obstacle
Rider of the Year - Me

Team bike:cervelo
Photo: Cadel evans on torazza climb, mendrisio (my photo)
Improved rider: Wiggins
Best Stage Race: Giro or Dauphine (would of been giro but cos of dope tes of di luca, it's even with the dauphine.
ONe Day Race: Men's road race WC's
Track rider - Chirs Hoy
Road rider - Conti
best moment - evans attacks and rides away on the torraza climb at worlds.
Rider of the year: Conti

 

[Ibanez]

Male Cyclo-crosser - Niels Albert
Female Cyclo-crosser - Couldn't say
Male Mountain Biker - Steve Peat
Female Mountain Biker - Definitely couldn't say
Product - Anything cool and Italian that came out this year.
Team Bike - Cervelo Test Team.
Most Improved Rider - Could say Gilbert, could say Haussler and both deserve it. But Hoogerland has to win.
Stage Race - The Giro, wonderful race every year.
One Day Race - The WC. Watching Cancellara blow the race to bits with the crowds screaming at him was pretty immense. And Evans attacking to win was a nice FU to the spanish who always get the better of him.
Male Track Rider - Geraint Thomas
Female Track Rider - Victoria Pendleton, cause she's the fittest and the fastest.
Male Road Rider - Mark Cavendish. Easy to overlook when he wins so often, but he barely put a foot wrong all year.
Female Road Rider - Ina Yoko Teutenberg. The female Cavendish this year.
Best Moment - For me, Cavendish winning MSR. Somewhat dulled now because it's so easy for him. Also Contador's complete destruction of Armstrong at the tour after all of Lance's big talking to the press. Won with maturity and no small amount of panache.
Legend of Cycling - Frank Vandenbroucke, RIP
Rider of the Year - Mark Cavendish I guess.

 

[Greg Johnson]

Guys,

It's been interesting to see some of your choices and I'd like to point out the official Cyclingnews.com reader poll for 2010 is now open. You can vote here:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/now-online-the-2009-cyclingnews-reader-poll

While you're all welcome to continue sharing your picks here, I'd strongly recommending entering the actual poll. For the first time Cyclingnews in conjunction with FRF Sports is giving away a complete Argon 18 bicycle with FFWD wheels. What's the catch you say? Well, the only catch is that in addition to making your selections you must respond to the question (In 25 words or less why was 2009 the best year of professional cycling this decade?) in order to be eligible for the prize.

Good luck!

Cheers
Greg Johnson

 

[Hugh Januss]

Guys,

It's been interesting to see some of your choices and I'd like to point out the official Cyclingnews.com reader poll for 2010 is now open. You can vote here:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/now-online-the-2009-cyclingnews-reader-poll

While you're all welcome to continue sharing your picks here, I'd strongly recommending entering the actual poll. For the first time Cyclingnews in conjunction with FRF Sports is giving away a complete Argon 18 bicycle with FFWD wheels. What's the catch you say? Well, the only catch is that in addition to making your selections you must respond to the question (In 25 words or less why was 2009 the best year of professional cycling this decade?) in order to be eligible for the prize.

Good luck!

Cheers
Greg Johnson

Are we ineligible if we don't believe that 2009 was the best year for pro cycling of the decade?

 

[Anonymous]

Are we ineligible if we don't believe that 2009 was the best year for pro cycling of the decade?

ditto..............

 

[Cartesian Centaur]

Are we ineligible if we don't believe that 2009 was the best year for pro cycling of the decade?

This is cycling - just cheat and then lie about it if questioned later

 

[Anonymous]

This is cycling - just cheat and then lie about it if questioned later

yeh but im struggling to come up with a convincing argument..

 

[Andre.J]

Male Cyclo-crosser - Dunno
Female Cyclo-crosser - Dunno
Male Mountain Biker - Dunno
Female Mountain Biker - Dunno
Product - Dunno
Team Bike - Cervelo
Photo - My Saxobank TT photo
Most Improved Rider - Vincenzo Nibali, one for the future
Stage Race - Giro d'Italia
One Day Race - World Championships, Mendrisio
Male Track Rider - Dunno
Female Track Rider - Dunno
Male Road Rider - Alberto Contador
Female Road Rider - Dunno
Best Moment - Verbier, AC attacks to leave the best with the rest
Legend of Cycling - Inigo Cuesta, age is no obstacle
Rider of the Year - Me

Dunno is getting a lot of votes; who is he?

Andre

 

[Moondance]

BTW, why is a guy with no major victories and one podium even available to be selected for both best road rider, and rider of the year when guys like Edvald Boasson Hagen, Thor Hushovd or Franco Pellizotti (guys with victories) aren't?

I know that EVERYONE MUST LOVE LANCE and all that sh!t, but a third in Le Tour, really? That makes you eligible to become the Rider of the Year?

 

[Anonymous]

BTW, why is a guy with no major victories and one podium even available to be selected for both best road rider, and rider of the year when guys like Edvald Boasson Hagen, Thor Hushovd or Franco Pellizotti (guys with victories) aren't?

I know that EVERYONE MUST LOVE LANCE and all that sh!t, but a third in Le Tour, really? That makes you eligible to become the Rider of the Year?

i think the (almost) complete lack of women and track cyclists on rider of the year (ok, there are one or two) is BS as well.. the rider of the year is totally male, road, biased, its silly

 

[Moondance]

i think the (almost) complete lack of women and track cyclists on rider of the year (ok, there are one or two) is BS as well.. the rider of the year is totally male, road, biased, its silly

I agree with you in principle, but I guess it's due to the fact that no aspect of cycling has such a broad following as the male road circuit, and it's the only area in which the general sports media has any interest whatsoever.

 

[badboyberty]

Are we ineligible if we don't believe that 2009 was the best year for pro cycling of the decade?

I just gave the answer to the question, "why wasn't 2009 the best year for pro-cycling of the decade?"

I guess the question is there so they can make sure the only forum user who can get the prize is Sprocket. I wonder if he will type "Lance" in 25 times or just use "ctrl V"...

 

[gregod]

Are we ineligible if we don't believe that 2009 was the best year for pro cycling of the decade?

It seemed to me that 2009 was a pretty good year compared to some of the more scandal-plagued years earlier in the decade. What year(s) do you think was(were) better and why?

cheers

 

[Greg Johnson]

Are we ineligible if we don't believe that 2009 was the best year for pro cycling of the decade?

I don't see the word 'believe' in the question.

Cheers
Greg Johnson