At the Swiss Cycling Awards at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Fabian Cancellara and Jolanda Neff win the awards for the best cyclists of 2014. Linda Indergand from Uri is honored in the young talent category. The best team is the Swiss track foursome, which came second at the World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico.

With his victory in the Tour of Flanders, second place in Milan-Sanremo and third place in Paris-Roubaix, the "Bernese fast train" Fabian Cancellara deserves the title of "Cyclist of the Year". Last year's winner Nino Schurter's performances are on a par, but not enough to win the title again. In the women's race, however, Jolanda Neff is the expected winner and Linda Indergand is also no surprise in the junior race.

Photo 1: Track team, photo 2: Linda Indergand, photo 3: Jolanda Neff, photo 4: The Swiss Cycling Award winners 2014 ©Maxime Schmid

In the short winner's speeches, Cancellara is professional as in racing, unfortunately also rather dry, but manages to flatter the guests with his standard sentences. Here, Neff, Indergand and the Swiss track team are more entertaining and themselves. While Linda Indergand says a big thank you to the cycling fans of Uri in the broad dialect of Uri, the track guys are not too shy to answer the cheeky questions of rapper and Swiss Cycling Night presenter "Knackeboul" just as casually.

Knackeboul with a faux pas
Bernese rapper Knackeboul is becoming more and more of an entertainer and leads the evening at the Swiss Cycling Night. He skillfully brings freshness to the audience, which, however, does not react exuberantly to his animations.

The audience reacts with great uncertainty during the interview with Cancellara. Presenter Knackeboul asks the cycling star with whom he will redeem the winner's voucher - a luxury weekend in Vevey - and whether he is in steady hands.
Cancellara, who has been married for several years, is visibly taken aback by the strange question. However, he then reacts in a relaxed manner and explains to the presenter with a grin: "Certainly not with you", which brings the award interview to a funny end after all.

Cancellara takes it with humor and grants presenter Knackeboul a selfie. ©Maxime Schmid

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