 It's finally time to announce the winners of the PCM.daily Awards 2011!
We know that you have anxiously been waiting for this day. You haven't been able to think, you haven't been able to sleep - but now, it's time to put all those sleepless nights behind us. Well, for the winners anyway. The rest of you? Better luck later this year ;)
You can see the full results in the PCM.daily Awards sub-forum.
Cycling Awards
Grand Tour of the Year: Tour de France
Just as dominating as the Giro was in 2010, just as dominating was the Tour de France this year with an impressive 72 % of the votes. There's no doubt that our large amount of Australian visitors have a share in this, but it's also undeniable that at least two stages turned out to be absolutely crazy.
Grand Tour Stage of the Year: Tour de France Stage 18: Pinerolo - Galibier Serre-Chevalier
We experienced a lot of great Grand Tour stages in 2011, but the TdF Stage 18 turned out to be the winner with just two votes ahead of stage 19 of the same race. Andy Schleck's desperate attack and Cadel Evans' heroic fight which led to Contador's collapse ... straight to the history books.
(Non-GT) Stage Race of the Year: Tour de Suisse
49 % of the votes made Tour de Suisse a rather clear winner. The race marked Damiano Cunego's return to the mountains and general classification of the big races. It was surreal to see Cunego climbing like that again - and in the end, it wasn't enough, as he lost out by just four seconds to veteran Levi Leipheimer.
Classic of the Year: Ronde van Vlaanderen
Three-vote-win ahead of Paris-Roubaix - and a very deserving one. This race was all about rivalry and revenge. The strong and mighty Leopard - Trek vs. the "new" guys of Team Saxo Bank. Nuyens won, and Bjarne Riis' in-car reaction proved just how important this win was.
Team of the Year: HTC - Highroad
We're in 2012, and it's difficult to believe that HTC - Highroad, the most winning team in cycling, is gone. The team of the two world championships, Mark Cavendish and Tony Martin, plus victories all-year-long deservedly takes the award as Team of the Year with 41 % of the votes.
Rider of the Year: Philippe Gilbert
He took the "Ardennes Triple", as Cyanide calls it, and he just continued to win, win and win. It's no wonder he got 73 % of the votes...
Surprise Rider of the Year: Chris Froome
Can Chris Froome climb? The answer is "yes", apparently. Despite working for Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome managed to take 2nd ahead of Wiggins and even take a stage victory with him. He didn't really deliver any other noteworthy results in 2011, but this one was enough to get him this award with 48 % of the votes.
Management Game Awards
Race of the Year: Paris-Roubaix 2012
41 % of the votes give Paris-Roubaix 2012, which was reported by Ember, the victory ahead of Tour de France 2011. The race turned out to be a thriller with plenty of attacks, punctures etc. - everything you'd expect from Paris-Roubaix.
Best Addition: roturn
Previews, comments, an active team thread and great reporting makes roturn a deserving winner of this year's award. It was a close race, though, as he won with just four votes more than ANFreeman.
Team of the Year: Vesuvio - Accumalux
The team has been consistently strong for several seasons, and this season may very well be the team's comeback as #1 with riders such as Schleck, Uran, Intxausti and Swift. But it's a close race - both in the game and in the awards where it wins with just two votes more than Pearl Adidas and three more than Sony Ericsson.
Manager of the Year: SportingNonsense
Perhaps for the reasons explained above, it's no wonder that the Manager of the year is SportingNonsense. He's been handling the transfer season well and is despite many years in the ManGame still going strong.
Site Awards
Site Initiative of the Year: Management Game
Even more members are now taking part in this game, thanks to the Divison 2, and even those who are not involved in the game can enjoy the many great race reports. Therefore, it's no wonder that the Management Game continues to be one of the most popular features of PCM.daily.
Forum Thread of the Year: Café Pedro 2 and The ugliest jersey in the cycling history
And we have a split decision with each 29 % of the votes. Both funny threads and apparently, both are also more worthy than "A rather funny topic" ;)
Cycling Photo of the Year: Giro '11: Alberto Contador
JMURB managed to capture Alberto Contador as we know him - concentrated, just focusing on getting over that terrible mountain. The black/white obviously gives the picture a lot.
Funniest Screenshot of the Year: Are you still there?
It's funny as long as your own riders aren't involved ;)
Avatar of the Year: FreitasPCM's avatar.
A happy Evans, two not so happy brothers - thanks to them, Freitas wins the award for best avatar with almost 50 % of the votes.
Betting Champion of the Year: pjuskepels
It's not really a PCM.daily Award, but we thought we'd honour the 2011 betting champion anyway - and that's Pjuskepels. He started with 100 PCM$, but managed to convert them to a total of 1.730 PCM$ throughout the year. Far from schleck93's 41.700 PCM$ in 2010, but enough to win in 2011.
Stage Maker of the Year: emmea90
Of all community awards, I think that emmea90 has won all the awards that has to do with stage making. It's no wonder since he manages to be both very productive and make quality stages at the same time. And for that, he wins the Stage Maker of the Year award for the 2nd time in row.
Jersey Designer of the Year: Will007
For the 2nd year in row, Will007 takes the award - but this year, it was very close, as he won with just 1 vote ahead of ANFreeman, the new guy in class. Will is less active than in previous years, but it's undeniable that his work is always of top quality.
Database of the Year: PCM.daily's Expansion Pack for PCM11
We usually never win any awards in other communities, so that's why we're organizing our own set awards - we're always sure of winning ;) To be fair, I'd say the 2011 DB for PCM10 was better than the Expansion Pack for PCM11, but with 55 % of the votes, the Expansion Pack is a clear winner.
Download of the Year: Fast Editor by CT
2011 brought us another editor for Pro Cycling Manager, and it turned out to be a very successful one. It's probably the easiest one to use and also brings all new features, e.g. the startlist creator and bug checker, and that was enough to get the award this year with 33 % of the votes.
One-Rider Story of the Year: Dominik Nerz: The Next Level by cunego59
More than 60 pages of story updates and comments - well, that pretty much speaks for itself. The story is extremely detailed, and both screenshots and text are top-notch. 50 % of the votes - can't argue against that.
Team Story of the Year: Dark Dog by tsmoha
17, 18 and 19 votes were given to the top three - and in the end, Dark Dog by tsmoha got that one deciding vote. All the nominated stories were (and still are) excellent, and tsmoha's Dark Dog - with its excellent screenshots and writing - is no exception.
Story Writer of the Year: tsmoha
This will sound like a repeat - but anyhow: tsmoha's consistent updates, great screenshots and writing gives him a small victory by just two votes ahead of Pellizotti2. It's one of the few stories that has managed to keep going for so long, and according to our members, it should just keep going.
Admin of the Year: roturn
With his allround capabilities - whether it's stages, stories, technical help, management game involvement - it's no wonder that our members notice and appreciate roturn. He wins with two votes ahead of SportingNonsense.
Most Helpful Member of the Year: roturn
There's pretty much not a thing that roturn can't help with. From the technical stuff, to stage making, to graphics, to writing a good story, roturn's here to help - and he has done well enough to take this award for the 2nd year in row.
New Member of the Year: laidbackmarc
There wasn't much doubt here - with 60 % of the votes, graphic artist laidbackmarc, who has made a lot of awesome jerseys, wins this year's New Member of the Year-award.
Member of the Year: roturn
There can't be any doubt that roturn is the huge winner of the 2011 PCM.daily Awards. This awards is the icing on the cake - and getting 44 % of the votes is rather incredible. On the other hand - as I have explained before - roturn is present in all areas of this website: great stories, excellent technical help, excellent stages, major help when it comes to the Managent Game, and I could keep going. In short, roturn is a major asset to PCM.daily, and he deserves each and everyone of the awards.
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