Velo Awards

A lethal sprinter and a strong breakaway rider who's always in the right place at the right time, on the road or in a 'cross

Team Sky made winning look inevitable, and they couldn't have done it without the selfless sacrifices by Porte

Nys, Compton and Powers ride (and run) away with Velo's cyclocross awards

Swiss, Frenchwoman take top honors in our 2013 off-road awards

Cross-country, gravity athletes take top honors for North American mountain bikers

The "Queen of the Classics" was the most dramatic day of international racing on the 2013 calendar

The pair wins U23 Rider of the Year, Most Improved Awards for 2013

The wily German pulled a move he's been known for since men rode wooden rims, and it still worked — he won stage 5 of the 2013 Amgen Tour

Craddock and Brown are evenly matched, even in their video-game skills. As they're best friends and roommates, we decided to honor them both

Martin has won three straight world time trial titles, while Van Dijk is the new powerhouse in the women's race against the clock

He attacks on the descents. He attacks on the climbs. The Italians call it “grinta,” or determination, and Nibali had it in spades in 2013

The Australian attacked, passed everyone, and won a stage at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah in dramatic fashion

These two fast finishers turned many heads this season to earn Velo's Men's and Women's Sprinter of the Year Awards

The young Slovak wins almost at will and is our Most Versatile Men's Rider of the Year for 2013

White and polka dot jerseys winner Nairo Quintana is Velo's Breakthrough Rider and Climber of the Year for 2013

Flanders/Roubaix winner Fabian Cancellara is Velo's Classics Rider of the Year for 2013

With a grand tour win at 41 years old, Chris Horner is Velo's North American Man of the Year

On the strength of her Comeback of the Year, Mara Abbott rides away from 2013 as Velo's Women's Stage Racer and Climber of the Year

The dominant Dutchwoman nearly swept our women's awards, an indicator of her merits as the world's top rider in 2012

Specialized' Prototype clinchers are our Tech Blunder of the Year; the Trek Domane is our Cursed Product Launch of the Year

Briton won every major objective on his 2012 calendar, including Tour yellow and Olympic gold

Peter Sagan is our Most Exciting Racer of the Year, while Moreno Moser is our International Rookie of the Year

Evelyn Stevens is Velo's North American Woman and International Women's Climber of the Year

Kristin Armstrong is our International Women's Time Trialist of the Year

The Specialized Roubaix is our Blessed Product Launch of the Year; SRAM XX1 is our Tech Innovation of the Year

Sky, Specialized-lululemon are our Best International Men's and Women's Teams; Edvald Boasson Hagen is our Best Support Rider

Tom Boonen is our International Classics Rider of the Year

Joaquim Rodríguez is our International Men's Climber of the Year

Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal is our North American Man of the Year for 2012

Mark Cavendish is International Men's Sprinter of the Year, John Degenkolb is our International Breakthrough Rider of the Year

The Schleck Brothers are our Disappointment of the Year, while Shelley Olds had the Mechanical (Failure) of the Year

Stage 17 of the Vuelta is our Most Dramatic Day of Racing, while Alexander Vinokourov made our Comeback of the Year

Joe Dombrowski is our International U23 Rider of the Year, while Allan Peiper is our Best Team Director

Timmy Duggan's national championship win is our Ride of the Year, while Erica Allar is our Women's Crit Racer of the Year

Francisco Mancebo and Carmen Small are our Men's and Women's Stage Racers of the Year, Ken Hanson is Men's Crit Racer of the Year

The USA Pro Challenge is our Best Race of the year; Rory Sutherland's win atop Flagstaff Mountain is our Most Dramatic Day of Racing

Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies is our Best Men's — and Women's — Domestic Team, while Jade Wilcoxson is our Breakthrough Rider of the Year

Georgia Gould is our North American MTB Woman of the Year

Aaron Gwin is our North American MTB Man of the Year

Nino Schurter and Julie Bresset are our International MTB man and woman of the Year

Jeremy Powers and Sven Nys are our North American and International CX Men of the Year

Katie Compton is our North American Cyclocross Woman of the Year

'The Bullet' Lauren Hall is Velo's 2012 Domestic Breakthrough Rider of the Year

VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue

VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue

VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue.

VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue.

VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue.

A lot of people thought the sun was setting on Cadel Evans, who was looking to become cycling’s latest bridesmaid

The final summit finish of this year’s Tour, at L’Alpe d’Huez, delivered what the Tourmalet summit finish failed to deliver in 2010 — drama and suspense.

Domestique Matt Busche pips veteran and hometown favorite George Hincapie to win the USA Cycling Professional National Championships.

From Velo's 24th annual awards issue, we present the Technical Innovation — and the Technical Blunder — of 2011.