We had a lot of new names on our lips (and on the blog) this year, with all five Monuments going to first-time winners and newbies a go-go winning their first Grand Tour stages. So this is our salute to the young’uns who we think have finally stepped well and truly into the spotlight after a season or two of waiting in the wings.
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The utterly brilliant Sarah Connolly has kindly honoured us with putting forward her nominations for our women’s cycling categories and here is her first set of nominations. This is pretty self-explanatory – the riders who had their breakthrough results. Some of them have shown promise and had good podiums, or even a win, but 2016 was the season when they really arrived.
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