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Edited by John Stevenson
The votes are in, the spreadsheets are crunched and we have winners in our 2001 Readers Poll. Thanks to everyone who voted for their favourite riders, photographs and equipment. We were overwhelmed by the response: over 1700 of you took the time to fill in the form even though there was nothing in it for you other than the satisfaction of making your opinion felt.
Over the next few days we'll present the winners, starting with seasonally-appropriate cyclo-cross and product categories and culminating on January 9 with the awards for Best Performance and Rider of The Year. We think some of the results will surprise.
One from the 'no surprise there then' box as Belgian cyclo-cross demi-god Sven Nijs swept the board, taking over 50 percent of the vote. Long-time Nijs rival Erwin Vervecken was second and the growing popularity of cyclo-cross in the US is marked by the recognition of Tim Johnson and Marc Gullickson in third and fourth positions. Mario De Clerq rounds out the top five, and it would be hard to make a case for any of those riders not deserving their place.
Votes %ge 1 Sven Nijs 282 51.6 2 Erwin Vervecken 73 13.3 3 Tim Johnson 52 9.5 4 Marc Gullickson 26 4.8 5 Mario De Clercq 19 3.5 6 Richard Groenendaal 18 3.3 7 Todd Wells 11 2.0 8 Daniel Pontoni 7 1.3 9 Mark McCormack 5 0.9 10 Jonathan Page 4 0.7 10 Bart Wellens 4 0.7
Full Results Reader Poll Results Index
Hanka Kupfernagel may be the dominant female cyclo-cross rider in Europe, but Lyne Bessette's successful takeover bid for the US branch of women's 'cross this winter clearly caught the imagination of Cyclingnews readers.
Votes %ge 1 Lyne Bessette 158 42.9 2 Hanka Kupfernagel 66 17.9 3 Alison Dunlap 45 12.2 4 Anne Grande 39 10.6 5 Daphne Van den Brand 14 3.8 6 Nicole Cooke 6 1.6 7 Corine Dorland 5 1.4 8 Rachel Lloyd 3 0.8 8 Jen Dial 3 0.8 10 Jodi Grosbeck 2 0.5
Full Results Reader Poll Results Index
This was one of the largest categories in terms of the total number of candidates, with over 100 'others' that landed less than five votes each. But the clear winner was Campagnolo's Record 10 speed groupset with almost a quarter of the vote in this very diverse field. We counted separately the new Record carbon cranks which nevertheless came in fifth, making the total Campagnolo vote over twice that of Shimano's Dura-Ace group. Mavic's popular Ksyrium wheels took the bronze and the top five is rounded out by Giro's Pneumo helmet.
Votes %ge 1 Campagnolo 10 speed Record 172 23.6 2 Shimano 9 speed Dura Ace 103 14.1 3 Mavic Ksyrium wheels 69 9.5 4 Giro Pneumo 49 6.7 5 Campagnolo Record carbon crank set 45 6.2 6 Speedplay Zero pedals 29 4.0 7 Crank Brothers Egg Beater Pedals 28 3.8 8 Polar Heart Rate Monitor 20 2.7 9 FSA Team Carbon Pro Crankset 15 2.1 10 Cinelli RAM integrated bar and stem 14 1.9
Full Results Reader Poll Results Index
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