2015 has been a vintage year for British cyclists, with a raft of trophies and medals to show for some incredible, heartstopping rides. It's this display of talent and prowess that British Cycling seeks to celebrate with the Ride of the Year Award.
The Ride of the Year Award has been been running annually since 2011, and this year's shortlist is not short on momentous achievements. The World Championship-winning ride from Lizzie Armitstead, or para-cycling team Steve Bate and Adam Duggleby who collected their first gold medal after beating super time-trial rivals by over 10 seconds, are both prime examples.
"The Ride of the Year is an opportunity to reflect and celebrate the achievements of the Great Britain Cycling Team over the past 12 months," a British Cycling spokesperson told BikeRadar. "These are sporting performances and moments which have inspired many in their cycling." she added.
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This year, the general public will cast the deciding votes, selecting one winner from a shortlist of 14 cyclists to take the accolade. "With so many fantastic moments to choose from, we wanted to open the award up the wider cycling community and allow them to decide who receives the award," British Cycling said of its decision to run the voting in this way.
The shortlist was drawn up by an expert panel, including Great Britain Cycling Team technical director Shane Sutton, British Cycling cycle sport and membership director Jonny Clay, Sky Sports cycling journalist Orla Chennaoui and British Cycling president Bob Howden.
The winner will receive the cycle industry's Golden Jubilee Trophy, which will be presented at the annual British Cycling Gala Dinner.
Lizzie Armitstead
- Discipline: Road
- Nominated ride: World Championships in Richmond, Virginia
Dame Sarah Storey
- Discipline: Para-cycling road
- Nominated ride: Para-cycling Road World Championships
Rachel Atherton
- Discipline: Mountain bike
- Nominated ride: World Championships 2015
Laurie Greenland
- Discipline: Mountain bike
- Nominated ride: UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships
Liam Phillips
- Discipline: BMX
- Nominated ride: UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
Nikki Harris
- Discipline: Cyclocross
- Nominated ride: UEC European Cyclocross Championships
Vicky Brown
- Discipline: Cycle Speedway
- Nominated ride: Cycle Speedway World Championships
Bethany Shriever
- Discipline: BMX
- Nominated ride: UEC BMX European Cup
Gabriel Cullaigh
- Discipline: Road
- Nominated ride: Course de la Paix stage one
Tom Pidcock
- Discipline: Cyclocross
- Nominated ride: UEC European Cyclocross Championships
Laura Trott
- Discipline: Track
- Nominated ride: UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cali
Mark Stewart
- Discipline: Track
- Nominated ride: UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cambridge
Steve Bate & Adam Duggleby
- Discipline: Para-cycling road
- Nominated ride: UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup
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