The 21-year-old Stefan Küng wins the prize for the best Swiss cyclist of 2015. In February, the young rider from Thurgau won the track world title in the elite four-kilometre individual pursuit. A strong road season followed until a serious crash on the twelfth stage of the Giro d'Italia forced Küng to take a long break to recover. He came back, stronger than before, and became world champion in the team time trial with the BMC Racing Team in Richmond (USA). Küng also won gold at the European Track Championships in Grenchen in the individual pursuit and European Championship silver in the team pursuit.

Consolidation at Neff
The word excellent can be used to describe the season of Jolanda Neff from St. Gallen. After 2014, the 22-year-old once again won the overall elite cross-country World Cup. Neff also secured gold at the European Mountain Bike Championships in Chies d'Alpago, Italy, and gold at the European Games in Baku. She finished her participation in the European Marathon Championships in Singen (GER) in second place.
Both the public and sports journalists are in agreement and voted Neff as Cyclist of the Year 2015 with a total of 75.65 percent of the votes.

Forchini comes away empty-handed
The young track specialist Théry Schir won the junior race. He won two gold and two silver medals on the European race tracks last season. In Athens, the young Frenchman won the U23 title in the omnium and the madison (together with Frank Pasche). He won two silver medals in the team pursuit at the European Elite Championships in Grenchen and the European U23 Championships in Athens.

Ramona Forchini's U23 World Championship title and her second place at the U23 World Cup in Lenzerheide are not being rewarded enough. It seems that European championship titles in the time-honored disciplines are still valued more than world championship titles in mountain biking.
Unfortunately, enduro racing is also missing from the list of nominated cyclists. Although there was at least one medal that counted towards the awards at the first official European Enduro Championships in June 2015 (Masters are not nominated), this was not taken into account in advance.

The voting mode
The Swiss Cycling Awards are divided into three categories. In addition to the women's and men's categories, the best young rider will be honored. For two weeks, from October 23 to November 6, the public was able to vote on www.swiss-cycling.ch. The votes of nine sports journalists who specialize in cycling were also included in the voting. The public and the jury each had a 50 percent weighting. Swiss Cycling decided not to award the best team this year and nominated the athletes individually.{joomplucat:162 limit=400|columns=4}

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