Written by 8 different managers
  
  Some days, working for the OCM News can be a bit boring. You have to write headlines like ‘Miles Illingworth took advantage of the situation’ or ‘Amos Gorden closes deal’. The life of a journalist is not always nice. Luckily there are also good days on the job. The writers get more cheerful when this particular time of the season starts. They start feeling butterflies in their stomachs and moving around on their chairs excitedly. They have Awards fever!
  The main victims of Awards fever this season have been myself, MW, The Erwinator, Phil, Frank Holwerda, paceuts and Peter Marcelo. We will be your special reporters, giving you all the news around the Awards and exclusive interviews with the winners!
  
  We move to our correspondent Frank Holwerda for the first category of today, the brand new Award for Best Flat Road Rider:
  
  ‘The first award for Best Flat Road Rider features two riders who have been dominant in this niche of cycling. Dodemaide has been the best for at least five seasons, being the best until season
  48. From season 51 on Braith Rixon is the best Flat Road Rider there is. Six consecutive wins in the Flat Road Race standings is a great achievement. Luckily they are both from Australia, so it was easy to get them together for a little talk about this award. Dodemaide: “This award comes too late for me unfortunately, but they can still honor me by naming the award after me.” Rixon: “Nothing but respect for Royce. He is the reason I focused on flat terrain and became so good at it.”
  And the winner is… Braith Rixon, with 36 votes. Royce Dodemaide is second with 12, Eric Brink has 6 votes, Davin Rossi 1.’
  
  Don: Great to see that these two rivals can have so much mutual respect. Great job on the feel good story from Frank!
  Now we move on to the next category, the Award for Best U23 Rider. Our Canadian reporter paceuts has the exclusive rights on the stories for the upcoming three categories:
  
  ‘Always an interesting category with young riders from various different categories included, this year's Best U23 Rider was won convincingly by the rider with the most results at the U23 level, and the only nominee to get on the podium of the U23 road race world championships.
  
  22-year-old Carlos Falcón of Cyclocomotiv wins Best U23 Rider of the season with 41 out of 55 votes cast. 10 went to Peter Tomsek, winner of the U23 time trial world championships, with a further 4 votes going to Spartak Klokov of Tashkent BrownCoats.
  
  We caught up with Carlos after the Gran Premio de Palencia (U23), where he heard the news for the first time. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" he replied excitedly when he understood he had won the award, before being surrounded by his manager Gerdes in a bear hug.
  
  "Carlos' talent was obvious to us since we were told to have a look at him by JonhatanHernandez of TeamQuetzal a few seasons ago. He's been growing and getting better results every year, and we are excited to see what he can do as he gets more chances in senior races." added Gerdes, as Carlos was busy celebrating with his teammates.’
  
  Don: Those rookies sure know how to party! Let’s hope that Carlos won’t be running into a rough patch in his future. Or at least not as rough as the roads that the nominees for our next category are used to. It’s The Sieuwerd Schimmel and Gale Reason Trophy for Best Cobbler!
  
  ‘The nominees for this category this year included two all-time top cobbled specialists, one of which had finished 3rd in the OCM Tour this season and was a two-time winner in this category, as well as the winner of Roubaix Classic, arguably the most prestigious cobbled race on the calendar. Yet, with an amazing 7 wins, including Div 1 classic Antwerpen - Huy, and a further 7 results, the vote left no doubt about this season's Best Cobbler.... Benjamim Fontes! With 51 out of the 56 votes in the category (Uchman got 3, and Kleven got 2nd), this category was one of the most lop-sided in recent memory.
  
  "What an amazing honour! Thank you so much!" said the 28-year-old upon receiving the award at the Tweedaagse van Antwerpen podium ceremony. "I knew after finishing 2nd in the OCM Tour it would be possible, but seeing all-time greats like Vidar and Gracjan up there never fully believed it would happen."
  
  "I'd like to thank my manager, Doctor Love, for supporting me since the start of my career and putting a fantastic team around me, and for trusting me to lead at the biggest races."
  
  It seems Fontes' title defense is off to a great start too, with 4 wins this season including Roubaix, and 2nd at Tweedagse! Expect to see him on the list of nominees again next time.’
  
  Don: Wow, an interview on a Tour Podium, paceuts clearly knows his way around the circuit to be allowed to do that. I am sure he can overcome every obstacle for a good interview, even the tallest hill. That’s right, the Aleksander Hetland Trophy for Best Hiller is next!
  
  ‘This category was as tight as it could possibly be, with the winner separated by only one vote from the 2nd-place rider. The other two nominees received votes as well, with Engeli obtaining 6 and Cornejo with 2.
  
  Ultimately, it came down to whether Cros' raw total of points, 980 within the category, counted for more than Sedelnikov's 775, but with more wins including the Coppa della Famiglia del Don GC. At the end, the winner was.... Yermolay Sedelnikov of chupacabra, who wins with 24 votes to the 23 of Cros!
  
  "I am super super proud," said 27-year-old Sedelnikov when we interviewed him at his home in Bishkek. "I'd like to give a big thank you to my manager, as well as Robert Safiyulin, my mentor for many years, for teaching me how to race internationally and supporting me to compete at the highest levels. I think this award represents the rise of cycling in all of Kyrgyzstan and especially chupacabra, and I hope to repay their support with more results in the coming seasons!"
  
  Don: Amazing to see such a close finish, and always nice to see such a genuinely happy winner.
  And now we move on to the Award for Most Lonely Rider! Just joking of course, it’s The Gregory Levis Trophy for Best Time Trialer with Phil reporting on all the facts:
  
  ‘Jeroen Hoste (27 votes) won the Best Time trialer award this season thanks to his consistency, while runner up Albin Komprs (24 votes) impressed last season by securing 4 victories at only 26 years old. After having laid down a million dollars for what was the most expensive TT-transfer ever, Andeby team manager Donald could prove how acute he was at spotting the real gem, but preferred to let Jeroen answer our questions in the lobby of the Sheraton hotel in Taipei.
  « I have been quite regular these last 5 seasons you know, but last season was amazing ; planets really did align for me, we had the best bike, the best staff, Donald made things easy for us, I just had to focus on one thing that I do well : ride fast », he laughed, and added « Why am here now, in the middle of a season ? Well, Donald considers I deserve a break », another laugh, and then quite seriously « I will come back to conquer the best races, and especially a second rainbow jersey ! ».’
  
  Don: Such a competitive spirit! Let’s hope he will also be prepared for if his career takes a downward trajectory. In that case, he might become a competitor for our next category, The Eleonor Berka Trophy for Best Downhiller. Our special reporter MW has been on the hunt for an interview with the winner:
  
  ‘In a restaurant in Oslo I have a meeting with Aldris Dzelzis to ask him about his reaction for winning The Eleonor Berka Trophy for Best Downhiller.
  
  Were you surprised to win the trophy?
  "It is always nice to win a trophy and to be honest my season was very good, so it didn't surprise me."
  
  It looks like you feel at home in the team of the Norwegian Wolves of Jubalon ProCycling?
  "Yeah manager Eivind gives me a lot of confidence and I have great teammates who give me everything to get good results."
  
  What are your expectations for season 57?
  "Well first of all to get some nice victories and results and maybe I can compete for the trophy again."
  
  Out of curiosity, was the food good in this restaurant?
  "My manager Eivind told me to try rakfisk and well it is ok."
  
  It is time to say goodbye and with a big smile on his face Aldris Dzeldis is walking away.’
  
  Don: Hahaha, always a tricky one, tasting Norwegian cuisine. Sometimes the food manages to make its way back up, just like the nominees in our next category, The Sterling Dorsher Trophy for Best Climber. Peter Marcelo has traveled all the way from Ireland to report on this category:
  
  ‘In Riga, Latvia, a beaming Valentins Pilskalns of PEKAC B was thrilled to have comfortably beaten Jacob Wieringh into second in the race for the Sterling Dorsher Trophy for Best Climber. Mario Boga was third and Ruslan Prikhodko fourth. Pilskalns achieved this award thanks to an incredible season including 5 wins and 3 other results, including victory at Alpe d’Huez Classic. ‘It has been a lifelong dream to win this award.’ Said Valentins. ‘Latvia doesn’t have all that many big climbs so to achieve this – it is incredible.’ When asked how he would be celebrating, he replied ‘With a glass of vodka!’’
  
  Don: Well, we were planning on having Peter's next story up straight afterwards, but the Vodka seems to have gotten to him a little bit, so we’re waiting for him to report. I guess we can fit in a quick category first, time to go to dustin with a very detailed coverage of The Jan-Joost Dussel trophy for Best Sprinter:
  
  ‘I have tried to contact the nominees for the award of Best Sprinter and here are their reactions in a few words.
  
  Fabio

Borges is the winner of The Jan-Joost Dussel Trophy for Best Sprinter, but he had no time for a reaction, lucky me I have an old interview with him after his contract negotiations in Blackbeard's Castle, USVI.
  How were the contract negotiations? - No good, too little money.
  Why did you sign? - Good support.
  There are a lot of good sprinters, are you going to help others? - No, I want to be the only captain, not help others.
  What are the goals? - to win all and win the sprint award.
  It was clearly not the right moment for that interview.
  
  Alfred Zwolinski: "the nomination was a surprise, after switching to team Lots o Huggin Bear, I was not sure how I would fit into the team, Perm Tour is my favorit, as it was a very good tour for the team as well, special thanks to Rex (Skelton), who switched team with me have been important to me to keep some familiarity and I appreciate his help." (second place)
  
  Kristiaan De Mayer: "the nomination was no surprise, I am nominated before, expect Borges shall win, winning Sicilia Rotondo for the fifth time was my favorite this season, special thanks to my helper Aaron Pascoe, a great rider and my beer buddy by celebrate my wins, also a word for one of the greatest managers Mr. Bjerke, he is actually quite handsome too." (third place)
  
  Kerry Hadaway: "the nomination was a bit of a surprise, low expectations, expect Borges shall win, my favourite result was Vejle-København after 2 second places (S49-S53) now a win, thanks to my whole squad, they are invaluable to me, about tactics I listen to my manager, I am a bit surprised myself at this last season's success." (fourth place)’
  
  Don: Good to see our non-winners getting some attention as well. I haven’t heard from Peter yet, but the night is still Young, so we can do The Award for Best Young Rider first, over to dustin again:
  
  I have tried to contact the nominees for the award of Best Young Rider and here are their reactions in a few words.
  
  Arnoldo Fava is the winner of The Award for Best Young Rider, but he had no time for a reaction, even no time to read my message, but I have interviewed him in the past. Fava is a surprising winner with no wins.
  I talked to him in Potsdam/Berlin, Germany, before and after the last stage.
  It is going very well in this tour, had you expected that? - No, it is a surprise, so many good sprinters in this tour, my best years must be coming.
  Top 3 in the sprint classification is possible, are you going for that? - Sure, I will try, but is that not easy?
  You did it, congratulations. - Yes, great, I am very happy with it, thanks to my team.
  
  Amare Maharjan: "I am sorry, but I have had an extremely busy day. Maybe tomorrow." (second place)
  update: "I am sorry. Just way too many meetings this morning."
  
  Hannes Traa: "the nomination was a surprise, no expectations certainly after Germany Tour, my ninth place in Zurich-Bern-Zurich was very nice, I was at the wrong Zurich (Afsluitdijk), so a private jet from the team brought me all the way to Switzerland and I was just in time, special thanks to my team mate Johan Klinjstra for all his tips to beat guys in the technical zones and last my former team was a Swiss team, I should have known about Zurich." (third place)
  
  Xalbador Varela: "I had a really good season, but not expecting very big things, my win in the Helsinki GP Mini made the difference, it was a great victory, all of my teammates are awesome and at top level, our manager always have in mind our opinions on the tactics, although sometimes he pulls out the whip, haha, being Spanish champion now for two years in a row is prize enough so far." (fourth place)
  
  Don: Apparently you don’t need any wins to get an Award! But I am probably just an old man who is jealous of the Youth of Fava. Nothing from Peter yet (can anyone check if he’s ok?), so we move on the The Ian Defley Trophy for Best Old Rider:
  
  ‘I have tried to contact the nominees for the award of Best Old Rider and here are their reactions in a few words.
  
  Fabio Borges is the winner of the award The Ian Defley Trophy for Best Old Rider, but he had no time for a reaction, lucky me I have an old interview with him after one of his victories, the classic Helsinki GP, Fabio Borges had a great season, 14 wins! + 8 other results and that on his age, at the end of that season he had 99 results,
  in the meantime some more.
  How is it in the team? - great, better than I thought, a very strong team, it is an honour to be a part of the team.
  Are you always captain? - no, I get my chances, but it is great when I can help others.
  Do you realise that you get older and older? - yes, my opportunities are getting smaller, and I realise, once I am a helper only.
  
  Royce Dodemaide, 41 yrs old!!! and still got results: "the nomination was a surprise, so many good riders with more points, my favorit is Tokyo Cup, my only win and the 7th time winning it, special thanks to the new kids Izzard and Moen where a great help but special thanks to the old man Josselin Châtel, my manager let me free to make my own race plan, time for retire, the no 1 ocm pts getter overall." (second place)
  
  Miles Illingworth, another legend: "the nomination was not really a surprise, have received that trophy before, win it shall be a surprise, fourth victory in Highways - at 36 - was the best day during last season, special thanks to Rasmus Göthe, have always been there for me, and he still is, super guy and an amazing rider, the manager also managed to sign Hadley Childers so he is actually listening less and less now, to me, about the tactics, you really must visit Isle of Man with your bike." (third place)
  
  Iwo Sokolowski: "the nomination was a little surprise, but no expectations at all, my first major win, Poznan - Zielona Góra - Wroclaw is my favorite, some other victories that might rank higher but winning my home race against the top riders was really special, special thanks to Toma Gyulemetov who helped me a lot in my younger years, lately Roger Goorts and Fyodor Gorokhin has done a fantastic job for me, my manager listen to what I say but sometimes he decides otherwise, I hope I can produce a few more results and support the other sprinters for some time. (fourth place)’
  
  Don: Age is just a number! Thanks dustin for all these great interviews. You must have been such a busy man, but it is clearly worth it!
  Good news from Peter, he has recovered from the Latvian Vodka adventure, but he had to make a quick detour before presenting his next article, so we will go to The Erwinator first, who has the latest on The Eliás Márquaz Trophy for Best Tour Rider:
  
  ‘Winner: Jin Shu (Opium Fueled)
  
  The hardest rider to find with the search function in OCM is the first winner of the Eliás Márquez Trophy. The superstar from Macau aimed to win three big tours during the season and managed to win two of them: Essex Tour and Vuelta de los Castillos. He just didn’t have the energy to make it complete and ended 6th in Germany Tour, “disappointingly”. We give him a call and meet him in Grand Lisboa, the 47-floor grand hotel in his home country. “What is your reaction on the award, Shu?” “Well, I am happy. So happy. Thank you, Oriental for your faith in me. Also thanks to my parents, who have always supported me.” As always, Shu is there for us with a moving message. “Take care, Shu!”’
  
  Don: A true all-rounder, and let’s hope he isn’t really fueled by Opium. But even if he loses some of his power, he can always contend in The Award for Best Rider Outside Top Division. Peter Marcelo is all fresh and ready, and even made it all the way to Slovakia for his interview with the winner:
  
  ‘In Bratislava, Rado Holecko was thrilled to add the OCM award for the Best Rider outside top Division to his growing trophy cabinet. The Norway Tour and Novara GP winner narrowly defeated Alfred Zwolinski. In third was Kerry Haddaway, whilst Gracjan Uchman finished fourth. ‘I don’t believe this.’ Rado said. ‘I was thrilled to even be nominated but to win… this is astounding and wonderful.’ He went on to say that he would be celebrating by holding a party with his team mates.’
  
  Don: Thanks Peter, that must have been quite a Tour to get from Latvia to Slovakia that quickly! Luckily you can rest now, as Frank Holwerda presents the results for the brand new Award for Best Tour Team:
  
  ‘There are teams who focus on tours more than other races and try to snatch jerseys and results in all those tours. Some teams are better in it than other teams. I will present you the nominees:
  Vo2maXXers won two tours, a cup and a YC: Volta da Lagoa dos Patos, Haute-Normandie, Copa de la Historia de los Andes and Volta ao Porto, Youth Classification.
  Lokomotiva Zvolen won Norway Tour, was second in Perm Tour and third in Vuelta a Valparaìso. Other results were in Coppa della Famiglia del Don and Copa de la Historia de los Andes.
  Spin Doctors won Germany Tour and Vuelta a Valparaìso and was second in Cymru Taith and third in Volta ao Porto. Vuelta a Valparaìso, Sprint Classification was also won.
  Opium Fueled won Essex Tour and Vuelta de los Castillos, another result was in Germany Tour.
  The winner is Spin Doctors with 27 votes who made a clear win over Vo2maXXers (16), Opium Fueled (7) and Lokomotiva Zvolen (4).’
  
  Don: That’s definitely put a Spin on things! Oli clearly proved that having riders from just one nation does not need to be a handicap. He is nominated once again for the Award for Best One Nation Team. Will he win there as well? Over to Frank again:
  
  ‘For the first time a One Nation Team will be awarded as best in this category. The managers have chosen to have only riders from one nation, which is a challenge especially for managers from smaller

countries like Ukraine (ArxhangiiliPoznyakax), Vietnam (Universal Soup) and Slovakia (Lokomotíva Zvolen). But they were all beaten by English team Spin Doctors who had a phenomenal season with his tour successes.
  What did Spin Doctors have to say in Berlin right after the last stage of the Germany Tour? Well, this: “It was a good battle. Germany completes ‘The Triple’ achievement for me. (GT, Volta, Norway)”. A well deserved winner indeed.
  ArxhangiiliPoznyakax takes second place, Lokomotíva Zvolen third and Universal Soup fourth place.’
  
  Don: I must admit I cheered for the little countries in that one, England is so much bigger! But of course it is difficult to beat a nominee like Spin Doctors when he’s had such a good season. Let’s hope that we’ll see a small nation team win some day soon, and one of the strong candidates to do that is also nominated in our next category, The Award for Best Young Team. And of course who better to present the results than three-time winner Phil?
  
  ‘And the results for this Award are:
  
  ArxhangiiliPoznyakax 28
  Gewoon Rechtdoor 20
  SST 4
  BVB 4
  
  Because he realized last season that winning one jersey and one trophy in one season was not enough to claim the best young team award, ArxhangiiliPoznyakax team manager, aka Fedor, aimed big, aimed at one of the most prestigious awards in the game (I mean, for non Div1 teams …), the Norway Tour Sprint Classification ! A very meticulous preparation, a strong sprint team ready to fight it all, an obviously very strong rider at the peak of his career, and the jersey was his ! Later in the season, his top sprinter was also very close winning both the Giro di Sicilia and the Perm Tour SC… What a season !
  Proud Fedor, found at Roissy airport flying back from Mauritius where he (supposedly) had an important meeting with his main sponsor, was all smiles : « I really wanted this award so hard, I am so proud of the guys, especially Arseny of course. Now the boys are preparing for big goals this season, stay tuned… »
  
  We also wanted to hear from the very impressive runner up Gewoon Rechtdoor manager. « Yeah, I guess Fedor amply deserves the win », said Twan sportingly, « but you can be sure of one thing : our team is very young, but we learn the ropes quickly, and you can be sure we will come back to try and win this award ! »’
  
  Don: Must have felt great for Phil to be interviewing the winner knowing that it will be impossible for anyone to break his record amount of wins in this category. He won it so many times that we decided to not allow it to happen in the future! So we will for sure see a different manager winning there every season. That is definitely not the case for the next category though, The Award for Best Manager of the Season. Phil brings us the story once again:
  
  ‘The results for the Award for Best Manager of the Season
  
  Jempie 17
  Adilson Silva 16
  Snowbear 15
  Honzas 7
  
  How could it come closer when only two votes separate the winner from the third place ? All four nominated managers are used to the honours of conquering trophies, jerseys, and keep setting records, but one had to stand on the first step of the podium, and Comfius impressed the voters most, with more than 7000 points collected through 13 Div1 victories, 26 other Div1 results and numerous other top9s.
  Spotted with a Belgian waffle in hand on the main square in Antwerpen, Jempie was keen in answering our questions :
  « - how does it feel Jempie ? – Great of course, Vidar is such a champion, he did it ! We finally got this yellow jersey again ! - Euh, sorry Jempie, but what about being awarded the prestigious Best manager award ? - Lucas Loudon got it twice, now I hope Klever boy, that’s the nickname I gave him, will make it twice as well ! - Euh, you mean, season 56 is already something in the past ? - I will tell you something, being number one means never looking back, never looking behind, only looking at the next races ! »’
  
  Don: There is one more regular category left, and it’s the big fish!
  The Erwinator has been travelling across Europe to present us with an interview with the winner of The Äme Anderberg Trophy for Best Rider:
  
  ‘Winner: Fabio Borges (Team AEK)
  
  We meet Fabio Borges in Istanbul, where he is preparing himself for Besiktas - Fenerbahce – Galata. “Congratulations Fabio, you got the overwhelming majority of votes and won the Äme Anderberg Trophy for Best Rider of the Season.” “Thanks! I love to win and as you can tell I’m pretty good at it too! I am especially happy that I could finally add Helsinki GP to my palmaris after so many tries. Winning both London and Helsinki is something even the great Longosiwa didn’t do. My teammates call me “sprint king” ever since. And I have to admit, the transition to Team AEK has been good to me. My teammates help me so well… I just had to finish their brilliant work through the season. Then again, the awards is not something I care much about. I’ve been proclaimed the best young rider and best sprinter before, apparently now I’m the best rider. It’s not affecting me... I just hope I can continue scoring like I did last season for about two or more seasons. This season was another step in the direction of my ultimate personal goal to become the best rider in OCM-history ever. All I want to do is give my best for the team and my manager. If you don’t mind, I will finish my döner now.”’
  
  Don: A meal worthy of a champion! Just three categories left, adn The Erwinator has really made a world class effort to get us an exclusive interview with the winner of The Award for Best WT Manager:
  
  ‘Winner: Tacticman (Belgium)
  
  We were lucky enough to meet Tacticman, winner of the Award for NT Manager of the Season, in the picturesque Bruge after his fairytale-season with the Belgian National Team. “Congratulations, Tacticman, how does it feel to win the award?” “In season 55, I was a bit disappointed that I was not nominated, despite winning the WT. But I'm happy that I could improve last season and won 6 WT races, the CoN and the WT. It is a real honour to receive this award from the OCM community.” “Very impressive indeed. What moment in the WT did you enjoy most last season?” Without doubt the last win in Rotterdam - Amsterdam (WT) with Kristiaan De Mayer. Kristiaan is one of the best point scorers of the Belgian NT. But it took a long time for me to win with him. So that was quite a relief for me and for him.” “Aha, that explains the emotional everlasting hug after the finish! What is, do you think, the secret of your great success?” “Belgium has the advantage of having very many good riders. But there are other countries with even more good riders. So I think it is important to select the riders with the best shape. Even if it means that big stars need to stay home.” “Thanks so much and all the best with focusing on your own team BGK Cycling Team now.” After this successful season, a new Belgian NT manager stepped up. Quite some shoes to fill!’
  
  Don: What a great guy, so nice to get to know managers a little better.
  And now you will experience a real drop in the quality of reporting, as I have done the interviews for the final two categories. Or actually, I didn't even do any interviews. I have my reporters for the hard work!
  
  The Award for Best World Tour Rider has returned on the Awards schedule again thanks to the big rise in popularity that the WT experienced. And it happens to be the most exciting Award as well!
  I am in a video call with the four nominees right now, let’s see how they feel:
  ‘(in choir) Get on with it!’
  I can’t blame them for wanting me to hurry up. Especially Thijs Bouwens and Toller Péter have such high hopes that it is cruel of me to keep them waiting. So guys, I say, I will disconnect you from the video call one by one based on how you finished.
  The three others are slightly relieved when Sedelnikov is the first to disappear. He has an Award to comfort himself with already. Grant Cook is next to be disconnected. And then there is silence. Thijs is the first to speak up: ‘What the heck are you doing Don, stop wasting our time and disconnect one of us!’. I laugh. Toller also starts shouting at me ‘You are spoiling the highlight of our careers!’. But then they start to realize it. They are both still in the video call because they both won!
  The vote was tied, so we have two winners! Thijs and Toller suddenly break out in laughter (and some tears), and since I can’t tolerate too much happiness in my life, I disconnect myself from the video call.
  
  Our final category is The Community Contribution Award. And I can try to make this about my own funny story again, but that would be an offense to the awesome contributions that these nominees have made to our community. Alex, The Erwinator, Christian, and Simon de Montfoort all deserved this Award equally, but the Community voted on just one of them as their winner. And that winner is Simon de Montfoort! He is a truly awesome human being, who I have had the pleasure of meeting in real life in Warsaw a few summers ago. I already knew he deserved to win a prize like this back then, but since it didn’t exist yet, I did not have the awareness to interview him right there. But I am sure that he will drink a good beer on this deserved Award win!
  
  And of course this Awards Article would not have been possible without Community Contribution either! Once again a big thanks to my team of writers: The Erwinator from Silenzio, Peter Marcelo from Team Orion 365 (and sorry for the vodka jokes), Frank Holwerda from Holwerda Cycling, paceuts from paceuts, dustin from team dustin, Phil from teamTVM (and not Team TVM where I sent my first mail to), and last but not least, MW from the RodeLantaarn. Also a big thanks in advance to Yuri for posting the article, and I hope to be back with an article again next season at the OCM Awards!