Cycling stands not least for diversity. In Switzerland, we can speak of diversity at a high level. 31 athletes and 13 teams from a wide range of disciplines were nominated for the Cyclist of the Year award. The performance density is particularly high in the junior category. Swiss Cycling has created the U17 Trophy in collaboration with the Club Maillot d'Or in order to maintain or even improve this pleasing situation. The aim behind the new format is to expose talented youngsters to different types of cycling and thus open up new perspectives for them - to maintain high-quality diversity. The first winners of the eventing competition were Monique Halter from Appenzell and Nils Aebersold from Bern.

Küng in second place - Neff in sixth

Jolanda Neff has won gold at the European Championships and silver at the World Championships and finished second in the overall World Cup. The rich harvest brought the St. Gallen native her sixth Swiss Cycling Award in a row. Stefan Küng came third in the mass start race at the Road World Championships in Yorkshire, the first Swiss medal win in 20 years. The Thurgau native was voted Cyclist of the Year for the second time since 2015. The young talent award goes to Stefan Bissegger. Like Küng, the 21-year-old from Thurgau is fast on the road and track at this age and won bronze in the European Championship time trial in Alkmaar and silver in the World Championship road race in Yorkshire.

Sina Frei, Jolanda Neff, Janis Baumann, Joel Roth and Nino Schurter receive the Team of the Year award in front of around 250 guests at the Samsung Hall in Dübendorf. The quintet triumphed in the Team Relay at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Sainte-Anne, thus perfectly launching the extraordinarily successful title fights in Canada.

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