Mountain bikers fare well in annual Canadian cycling awards

Quebec's Marie-Helene Premont was chosen as top Female Canadian Cyclist of the Year for 2007 by CanadianCyclist.com. Premont, who finished second in the season-long World Cup and was ranked fifth overall in the world, won the vote with nearly 53% of first place votes. She finished ahead of Pan Am Games mountain bike gold medallist Catharine Pendrel and National Road Race Champion Gina Grain (18%).

Geoff Kabush ended the men's rankings second behind road racer Svein Tuft, who captured nearly 60% of first place votes. Kabush collected 22% of the vote ahead of Dominique Rollin (11%).