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McEwen ends year with Oppy
Michael Stevens
26nov05
TOUR de France sprint champion Robbie McEwen last night received the Sir Hubert Opperman (Oppy) medal as Australian Cyclist of the Year at a black tie dinner here.
McEwen, 33, started the year by winning the Australian Open road title and then amassed another 22 wins, including three stages of the Tour de France and three stages of the Tour of Italy.
The fiery Queenslander was also named Australian road cyclist of the year, beating triple world time-trial champion Michael Rogers and fellow Tour de France star Brad McGee for the honour.
McEwen also won the "Oppy" in 2002.
Victorian Katie Mactier, who is the world individual pursuit champion was named female track cyclist of the year, and New South Welshman Ben Kersten, who won the World Cup series for the kilometre time-trial, is the male equivalent.
Canberra's Oenone Wood, world ranked No. 1 and dual World Cup series champion, was named female road cyclist of the year.
The night, at the plush Rydges Jamison, was attended by a who's who of Australian cyclists and coaches and helped celebrate our stellar year after an unprecedented six gold medals at the Athens Olympics.
In 2005, Australia topped the medal tally at the world road championships in Madrid and also won more medals than any other nation at the world track championships in Los Angeles.
In addition, our juniors bagged seven medals at the world track championships in Vienna.
The night was tinged with sadness as the audience remembered Amy Gillett, who was killed in a tragic accident in Germany in July.
All of the riders involved in the accident -- Lorian Graham, Alexis Rhodes, Louise Yaxley, Kate Nicholls and Katie Brown -- were present for the awards.
National women's road coach Warren McDonald, who was first on the scene of the accident, was named coach of the year.
Bei www.procycling.de kann man Oenone auch noch zur internationalen Radsportlerin des Jahres wählen
... und den Tomboy, etc
Michael Stevens
26nov05
TOUR de France sprint champion Robbie McEwen last night received the Sir Hubert Opperman (Oppy) medal as Australian Cyclist of the Year at a black tie dinner here.
McEwen, 33, started the year by winning the Australian Open road title and then amassed another 22 wins, including three stages of the Tour de France and three stages of the Tour of Italy.
The fiery Queenslander was also named Australian road cyclist of the year, beating triple world time-trial champion Michael Rogers and fellow Tour de France star Brad McGee for the honour.
McEwen also won the "Oppy" in 2002.
Victorian Katie Mactier, who is the world individual pursuit champion was named female track cyclist of the year, and New South Welshman Ben Kersten, who won the World Cup series for the kilometre time-trial, is the male equivalent.
Canberra's Oenone Wood, world ranked No. 1 and dual World Cup series champion, was named female road cyclist of the year.
The night, at the plush Rydges Jamison, was attended by a who's who of Australian cyclists and coaches and helped celebrate our stellar year after an unprecedented six gold medals at the Athens Olympics.
In 2005, Australia topped the medal tally at the world road championships in Madrid and also won more medals than any other nation at the world track championships in Los Angeles.
In addition, our juniors bagged seven medals at the world track championships in Vienna.
The night was tinged with sadness as the audience remembered Amy Gillett, who was killed in a tragic accident in Germany in July.
All of the riders involved in the accident -- Lorian Graham, Alexis Rhodes, Louise Yaxley, Kate Nicholls and Katie Brown -- were present for the awards.
National women's road coach Warren McDonald, who was first on the scene of the accident, was named coach of the year.
Bei www.procycling.de kann man Oenone auch noch zur internationalen Radsportlerin des Jahres wählen
... und den Tomboy, etc