Year End Awards 2017

[Max Rockatansky]

Please feel free to add more awards...

Cyclist of the year
Sprinter of the year
Classics rider of the year
Time-trialist of the year
Climber of the year
Most improved rider of the year
Most versatile rider of the year
U23 rider of the year
Breakthrough rider of the year
Team of the year

Best race of the year
Best race performance of the year
Craziest moment of the year
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread )
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened...

 

[Netserk]

Rider of the year: Froome
Sprinter: Kittel
Classics rider: Greg
TTer: Dumoulin
Climber: Hmm... Maybe Nairo. Or Richie.
Improved: Dumoulin, I think.
Versatile: Moscon
U23: Bernal

To be continued...

 

[Parker]

Cyclist of the year: Froome
Sprinter of the year: Kittel
Classics rider of the year: Van Avermaet
Time-trialist of the year: Dumoulin
Climber of the year: Landa
Most improved rider of the year: Woods
Most versatile rider of the year: Kwiatkowski
U23 rider of the year: Bernal
Breakthrough rider of the year: Moscon
Team of the year: Sky (but relative to budget Sunweb)

Best race of the year: Stage 9 of the Tour de France. For a whole race Paris-Nice
Best race performance of the year: Gilbert at De Ronde
Craziest moment of the year: Dumoulin having a poo
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ): The Men's World's TT course
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened...: Dumoulin's poo again until I remember something better

 

[Velolover2]

Cyclist of the year: Froome
Sprinter of the year: Kittel
Classics rider of the year: Greg (but Gilbert as a close second)
Time-trialist of the year: Dumoulin
Climber of the year: Richie
Most improved rider of the year: Dumoulin (from very good to beast)
Most versatile rider of the year: Moscon
U23 rider of the year: Bernal
Breakthrough rider of the year: Moscon
Team of the year: Team Sunweb (Dumo in the Giro, Barguil in the Tour and Kelderman in the Vuelta)

Best race of the year: Tour of Flanders (but Amstel Gold Race was better than ever)
Best race performance of the year: Gilbert in Tour of Flanders.
Craziest moment of the year: Dumoulin taking a dump and still winning the Giro.
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ): Amstel Gold Race of course. I looked like the new course worked.
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened...: Dumoulin taking a *** on his rivals and still winning.

 

[WheelofGear]

Cyclist: Froome
Sprinter: Trentin (versatility is the key)
Classics rider: Gilbert
Time-trialist: Dumoulin
Climber: Landa (looked very good in the Giro and almost like the strongest in the Tour)
Improved: Moscon
Versatile: Dumo again
U23: Moscon is 23, right?
Breakthrough: Dylan Teuns
Team: Sunweb, hands down

Best race: De Ronde
Best race performance: Gilbert's solo
Craziest moment of the year: Gilbert's solo
Best race design of the year: New Amstel route
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened: Contador winning on Angliru

 

[Red Rick]

Froome
Kittel
Kwiatkowski
Dumoulin
Landa
Moscon
Dumoulin
Bernal
Dumoulin
Sky

Giro d'Italia
tie between Contador on los Muchachos and Dumoulin on Oropa
Probably Oleg Tinkov comments on CN articles
New Amstel route
Landa missed the Tour podium by 1s.

 

[Liiio]

Cyclist of the year - Froome
Sprinter of the year - Kittel
Classics rider of the year - Van Aermaet
Time-trialist of the year - Tom Dumolin
Climber of the year - Contador
Most improved rider of the year - Teuns
Most versatile rider of the year - Moscon
U23 rider of the year - Moscon
Breakthrough rider of the year - Marczyński
Team of the year - Sunweb

Best race of the year - Paris-Nice
Best race performance of the year - Gilbert on RvV
Craziest moment of the year - Dumoulins 16 stage Giro
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ) - Giro
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened: Kwiatkowski wins MSR

 

[Gigs_98]

Cyclist of the year: Froome
Sprinter: Kittel
Classics rider: GVA (both kwiat and Gilbert could have gotten that title in another year)
TT'er: Dumoulin
Climber: Landa (we didn't really see his level in the giro since he mostly rode in breaks, but that he was still one of the absolutely best climbers in his 2nd gt in a row although he didn't even plan to go for the gc there as well, is mind boggling. Maybe Porte could have gotten the title but it seemed unfair to give it to a rider whose strongest competition was in the Dauphine where he had problems dropping Fuglsang)
Improved: I can't decide. Dumoulin, Kwiat, Moscon, Roglic, Woods,...
Versatile: Moscon
breakthrough: Teuns
U23: Bernal
Team: Sunweb (Sky was stronger but Sky's strength was expected while Sunweb's incredible results came as a surprise)

Race of the year: Strade Bianche
Performance of the year: I think Nibali last Saturday in Lombardia was pretty darn good
Craziest moment of the year: There is just nothing anywhere close to poopgate in the giro
best race design:No idea. Il Lombardia just to add fuel to the fire :lol:
I could not believe my eyes when nobody attacked when Froome was behind the peloton in the tdf stage 15

What about the category "most disappointing rider of the year"? My choice would be Quintana

 

[rghysens]

Cyclist of the year: Contador (It doesn't say best or most succesfull cyclist, Contador is the cyclist I enjoyed most this year))
Sprinter of the year: Kittel
Classics rider of the year: difficult one. I go for GVA, very closely followed by Gilbert and Kwiatkowski
Time-trialist of the year: not so difficult: Dumoulin
Climber of the year: Landa
Most improved rider of the year: don't know
Most versatile rider of the year: Kwiatkoski
U23 rider of the year: Gaviria (he was still 22 when he won his 4 stages + points classification in the giro)
Breakthrough rider of the year: ??
Team of the year: sky

Best race of the year: stage 1 paris-nice, last stage dauphiné
Best race performance of the year: Dumoulin wc itt
Craziest moment of the year: poopgate
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ): Strade Bianche
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened...

 

[LaFlorecita]

Cyclist of the year - Tom Dumoulin
Sprinter of the year - Marcel Kittel
Classics rider of the year - Greg Van Avermaet
Time-trialist of the year - Tom Dumoulin
Climber of the year - Mikel Landa
Most improved rider of the year - Matteo Trentin?
Most versatile rider of the year - Gianni Moscon, climbers, classics rider, TTer, sprinter, racist, cheater and all-around a-hole
U23 rider of the year - Fernando Gaviria
Breakthrough rider of the year - David Gaudu? Or Moscon
Team of the year - Sunweb

Best race of the year - Giro d'Italia/Paris-Nice
Best race performance of the year - Big Tom at the Giro so strong, smart, confident, Alberto at the Vuelta because everyone had written him off
Craziest moment of the year - POOPGATE
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ) - stage 8 Paris-Nice although it's a classic
I could not believe my eyes, when POOPGATE happened...
I could not believe my eyes, when Ion Izagirre started working in the chase group in stage 8 of Paris-Nice

 

[May0maniac]

Cyclist of the year: Raúl Alarcón
Sprinter of the year: Kittel
Classics rider of the year: Gilbert
Time-trialist of the year: Dumoulin
Climber of the year: Landa
Most improved rider of the year: Woods
Most versatile rider of the year: Kwiatkowski
U23 rider of the year: Bernal
Breakthrough rider of the year: Moscon
Team of the year: Sunweb

 

[Echoes]

Cyclist of the year: Greg Van Avermaet for the third year in a row and for the third year in a row I'm the only one naming him, though this time I have every ranking on my side but CNF = GT as we all know.
Sprinter of the year: Arnaud Démare
Classics rider of the year: Greg Van Avermaet obviously
Time-trialist of the year: Tom Dumoulin
Climber of the year: I don't know
Most improved rider of the year: Dylan Teuns
Most versatile rider of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel [cyclocross (sand, hills, flat), road (hills, dirt roads, sprint), MTB (cross-country, marathon)]
U23 rider of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel
Breakthrough rider of the year: Dylan Teuns
Team of the year: Beobank Corendon


Best race of the year: Paris-Roubaix (every year it is, anyway)
Best race performance of the year: Greg Van Avermaet winning Paris-Roubaix
Craziest moment of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel getting back from Moun Ventoux in Lille at 11pm on the eve of the Elfstedenronde and present at the start of the race at 9am before getting outsprinted by Wout Van Aert in the sprint.
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ): must necessarily be something new? Paris-Roubaix like every year of course.
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened... so many riders punctured at the Cyclocross Worlds

 

[Breh]

Cyclist of the year:
Sprinter of the year: Kittel
Classics rider of the year: Difficult, Gilbert, GVA and Kwiatkowski have had great seasons. I'll go with Gilbert then.
Time-trialist of the year: Dumoulin
Climber of the year: Landa
Most improved rider of the year: Dumoulin
Most versatile rider of the year: Kwiatkowski or Moscon. Moscon probably.
U23 rider of the year: Moscon
Breakthrough rider of the year: Moscon...
Team of the year: Toss up between Quick Step, Sky and Sunweb.

Best race of the year: Paris Roubaix. Nothing special but it was Boonens last race...
Best race performance of the year: Valverde dominating the spring. Unreal. 11wins+7podiums in 26racedays.
Craziest moment of the year: poopgate
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ): New AGR
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened... Almost everything Moscon did this year.
Sportsmanship award: Zakarins apologies to Dumoulin the day after poopgate

Are we gonna have a best stage and bestclassic polls? Or would the results be to obvious?

 

[Gigs_98]

Cyclist of the year: Greg Van Avermaet for the third year in a row and for the third year in a row I'm the only one naming him, though this time I have every ranking on my side but CNF = GT as we all know.
Sprinter of the year: Arnaud Démare
Classics rider of the year: Greg Van Avermaet obviously
Time-trialist of the year: Tom Dumoulin
Climber of the year: I don't know
Most improved rider of the year: Dylan Teuns
Most versatile rider of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel [cyclocross (sand, hills, flat), road (hills, dirt roads, sprint), MTB (cross-country, marathon)]
U23 rider of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel
Breakthrough rider of the year: Dylan Teuns
Team of the year: Beobank Corendon


Best race of the year: Paris-Roubaix (every year it is, anyway)
Best race performance of the year: Greg Van Avermaet winning Paris-Roubaix
Craziest moment of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel getting back from Moun Ventoux in Lille at 11pm on the eve of the Elfstedenronde and present at the start of the race at 9am before getting outsprinted by Wout Van Aert in the sprint.
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ): must necessarily be something new? Paris-Roubaix like every year of course.
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened... so many riders punctured at the Cyclocross Worlds

Translation:
I'm a GVA fanboy, who wants to show his intellectual superiority by telling everyone how mainstream and boring grand tours are.

I have no idea about all the cyclocross stuff, although it sounds a lot like you just want to write something different, but anyway, this is a road racing forum, so I don't think cyclocross should be included in this thread.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Cyclist of the year: Greg Van Avermaet for the third year in a row and for the third year in a row I'm the only one naming him, though this time I have every ranking on my side but CNF = GT as we all know.
Sprinter of the year: Arnaud Démare
Classics rider of the year: Greg Van Avermaet obviously
Time-trialist of the year: Tom Dumoulin
Climber of the year: I don't know
Most improved rider of the year: Dylan Teuns
Most versatile rider of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel [cyclocross (sand, hills, flat), road (hills, dirt roads, sprint), MTB (cross-country, marathon)]
U23 rider of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel
Breakthrough rider of the year: Dylan Teuns
Team of the year: Beobank Corendon


Best race of the year: Paris-Roubaix (every year it is, anyway)
Best race performance of the year: Greg Van Avermaet winning Paris-Roubaix
Craziest moment of the year: Mathieu Van der Poel getting back from Moun Ventoux in Lille at 11pm on the eve of the Elfstedenronde and present at the start of the race at 9am before getting outsprinted by Wout Van Aert in the sprint.
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ): must necessarily be something new? Paris-Roubaix like every year of course.
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened... so many riders punctured at the Cyclocross Worlds

this is what happens when you try too hard to be edgy...

 

[MartinGT]

Cyclist of the year Dawg
Sprinter of the year Trentin
Classics rider of the year GVA
Time-trialist of the year Tommy D
Climber of the year Landa
Most improved rider of the year Roglic / Woods toss up between them too
Most versatile rider of the year Kwai
U23 rider of the year Bernal
Breakthrough rider of the year Moscon
Team of the year Sunweb

Best race of the year RvV I was at the base of the Kwaremont, when Gilbert came through the atmosphere was something I have never experienced before. In the Belgium champs kit too
Best race performance of the year Phil G at RvV
Craziest moment of the year Tommy D Logging one out
Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ) AGR
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened... Tommy D Logging one out
Rider you would like to see concentrate on Road One for Echones, Any of Van der Poel or Van Aert

 

[El Pistolero]

How can Froome be cyclist of the year with such a boring, calculated riding style?

Is cyclist of the year just a synonym for best season? I think not.

Contador, Gilbert, Nibali, Dumoulin, Sagan, Van Avermaet, Kwiatkowski (who btw was Stronger than Froome in the Tour), etc. all colored this season much more than Froome did.

 

[rick james]

Because he wins

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

Best race design of the year (no not in the thread ) AGR

My brain just keeps trying to squeeze in a "2" between the "G" and the "R". Not, AG2R is not the best race design of the year, coz that doesn't make sense.
(In my, slight, defense I actually thought it was under Team of the Year, which would make slightly more sense...)

 

[bob.a.feet]

Cyclist of the year: Froome
Sprinter of the year: Kittel
Classics rider of the year: Phil Gil
Time-trialist of the year: Dumoulin
Climber of the year: Meintjes
Most improved rider of the year: Barguil/Zakarin
Most versatile rider of the year: Kwiatkowski
U23 rider of the year: Bernal
Breakthrough rider of the year: Moscon
Most exciting rider: Contador
Team of the year: Quickstep
Most disappointing rider of the year: Esteban Chaves (he had a good reason though)
Most disappointing team of the year: Movistar

Best race of the year: Criterium du Dauphine stage 8
Best stage race of year: Giro
Best race performance of the year: Phil Gil at Flanders/Contador winning on the Angliru
Craziest moment of the year: Poopgate
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened... : We lost TV coverage in a crucial moment at the WC

 

[Ruby United]

Cyclist of the year Froome
Sprinter of the year Kittel
Classics rider of the year GVA
Time-trialist of the year Dumo
Climber of the year Landa
Most improved rider of the year Gilbert [compared to 2016])
Most versatile rider of the year Moscon followed by Kwiat
U23 rider of the year Bernal or Gaviria (he was 22 during Giro)
Breakthrough rider of the year Moscon (followed closely by Teuns)
Team of the year Sunweb (followed by Sky and Quickstep)

Best race performance of the year Gilbert on Ronde

 

[El Pistolero]

Re:

Because he wins

Didn't even win a stage in the Tour. Or before the Tour for that matter.

 

[Gerrard Slipped haha]

Cyclist of the year: Big Tom
Sprinter of the year: Kittel
Classics rider of the year: GVA
Time-trialist of the year: Dumoulin
Climber of the year: Landani
Most improved rider of the year: Zakarin
Most versatile rider of the year: Big Tom
U23 rider of the year: Gaviria
Breakthrough rider of the year: Moscon
Most exciting rider: Contador
Team of the year: Quickstep
Most disappointing rider of the year: Fabio Aru tops it for me
Most disappointing team of the year: Movistar

Best race of the year: Dauphine last stage
Best stage race of year: Vuelta
Best race performance of the year: Alberto's last hurrah on Angliru
Craziest moment of the year: Dumoulin before Stelvio says it all doesn't it
You could not believe your eyes, when ... happened... : we didn't see 3/4 last km's of RR stage

 

[Alexandre B.]

Cyclist of the year

Difficult question to answer, because even if Chris Froome didn't have a consistent year, his achievements were outstanding. I'd say it's a close tie between the British and Greg Van Avermaet, but since the Tour - Vuelta double is much rarer than what the Belgian did, I vote Froome.

Sprinter of the year

I don't like his style but Marcel Kittel is simply the fastest and the strongest of them all.

Classics rider of the year

Michal Kwiatkowski, Philippe Gilbert and Greg Van Avermaet all shone in one-day races, but GVA was more consistent than the others and the quality of his wins is undeniable.

Time-trialist of the year

Tom Dumoulin.

Climber of the year

I think it's a tie between Nairo Quintana and Richie Porte, but the Colombian has the upper hand because he could simply win at will in the mountains between February and mid-May. As a sidenote: I just can't vote for a rider that had been the best climber in only one race, that race being Vuelta a Burgos.

Most improved rider of the year

Tom Dumoulin was simply a better rider in every section of road cycling this year.

Most versatile rider of the year

I hate to say it, but Gianni Moscon.

U23 rider of the year

Fernando Gaviria wins more often than Gianni Moscon, so the Colombian also wins this.

Breakthrough rider of the year

Dylan Teuns had an interesting August.

Team of the year

Team Sunweb progressed by leaps and bounds this year.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

Because he wins

Didn't even win a stage in the Tour. Or before the Tour for that matter.

yet walked away a double grand tour winner..but i'm sure he's having sleepless nights over the thoughts of not winning a stage at Le tour....