A summary of reader votes
CyclingNews.com conducted a readers poll of the best in cycling from 2012. Sure you probably received tweets or facebook posts or updates on who was nominated for the best of 2012, but we all know nomination is far from winning. So who did win the BEST OF for 2012 - here is a list. Do you agree? I have to admit - I do.
[read more about the runners up under each link below]
Best Team: Team SKY
Best Stage race: 2012 Tour de France
Best one-day race: 2012 Paris-Roubaix
Legend of Cycling: Oscar Freire
Best team bike: Specialized S-Works
Best Tech Invention: Disc brakes for road and cyclocross bikes
Biggest story of the year: USADA vs Lance Armstrong
Best female road biker: World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Marianne Vos of the Nederlands
Best male road biker: Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins from the UK
Best female mountain biker: Olympic gold medalist Julie Bressett from France
Best male mountain biker: World Champion Nino Schurter from Swizterland
Best cyclo-cross rider: Sven Nys of Belgium
Best track cyclist: Sir Chris Hoy
Other Best ofs:
Popular cycling video of 2012 - receiving 6,536,881 hits on YouTube:
I am sure there will be more Best of lists in the coming week. For me, my best of 2012 was a hard list to create in a year full of many great experiences, but here they are:
PEDAL DANCER TOP 10 MOMENTS AS A TRAVELING CYCLE TOURIST IN 2012
Happy New Year from me and my labradoodle Jack Denny! I hope 2013 is a great year for all of you.
CyclingNews.com conducted a readers poll of the best in cycling from 2012. Sure you probably received tweets or facebook posts or updates on who was nominated for the best of 2012, but we all know nomination is far from winning. So who did win the BEST OF for 2012 - here is a list. Do you agree? I have to admit - I do.
2012
The best of cycling 2012[read more about the runners up under each link below]
Best Team: Team SKY
Best Stage race: 2012 Tour de France
Best one-day race: 2012 Paris-Roubaix
Legend of Cycling: Oscar Freire
Best team bike: Specialized S-Works
Best Tech Invention: Disc brakes for road and cyclocross bikes
Biggest story of the year: USADA vs Lance Armstrong
Best female road biker: World Champion and Olympic gold medalist Marianne Vos of the Nederlands
Best male road biker: Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins from the UK
Best female mountain biker: Olympic gold medalist Julie Bressett from France
Best male mountain biker: World Champion Nino Schurter from Swizterland
Best cyclo-cross rider: Sven Nys of Belgium
Best track cyclist: Sir Chris Hoy
Other Best ofs:
- CyclingRanking.com lists Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver as the best overall road rider in 2012, if we want facts and not opinion.
- Photographer Brian Hodes of CyclingIllustrated shares his best cycling photos from 2012
- Andrew Hood of VeloNews.com brings us back to the top 6 sprints of 2012
- USACycling.org awarded the best 2012 clubs of the year
- PezCycling offers their The PEZ Best And Worst Of 2012. I always enjoy reading their annual holiday greetings from the Pez correspondents.
- Bicycling.com offers their top 50 bike-friendly cities in the USA of 2012.
- This year Bicycling.com also came out with their list of the 1 best bicycle ride in every state.
- One of my favorite photographers Darrell Parks has compiled his 2013 Cycling Calendar
- CyclingNews.com Gallery: Season 2012 - The cycling year in photographs
I am sure there will be more Best of lists in the coming week. For me, my best of 2012 was a hard list to create in a year full of many great experiences, but here they are:
PEDAL DANCER TOP 10 MOMENTS AS A TRAVELING CYCLE TOURIST IN 2012
- Being with my family in the Rabobank VIP tent at the finish of the 2012 Tour of California in Los Angeles.
- Being on the Kwaremont watching the 2012 Tour of Flanders.
- Watching Tom Boonen ride through the Arenberg forest and win the 2012 Paris-Roubaix.
- Having beers in Bruges Belgium with a brew master and my niece.
- Discovering a new special bed and breakfast in Provence with impeccable French hospitality.
- Having an incredible 4-course lunch with my friend Monica in Lastelle-Bétharram, France, and later riding up to the mountain top finish on Peyregudes for Stage 17 of the Tour de France.
- Riding up and being on Mt Baldy with my brother and friend/photographer Willie at the 2012 Tour of California.
- Discovering the beautiful Rhone River Valley between stages of the 2012 Tour de France.
- Hanging out with Team SKY and BMC in Kortrijk, Belgium, as well as other stories from Belgium.
- Meeting so many new fans, new friends, and seeing old friends again on travels and at races!
Happy New Year from me and my labradoodle Jack Denny! I hope 2013 is a great year for all of you.
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| Karen of PedalDancer.com at State Championships cyclo-cross in Colorado Photo by Photographer Annette Hayden |
2013 ... what adventures lie ahead ??