Photo: Stéphane Bar.
The first category for the 2015 Flatmatters Online Year End Awards is the Readers Choice for Breakthrough Rider of the Year. This award is about recognising that rider that broke through to the elite of our sport, pushing himself and rising up to the cream of crop, and arriving on the big stage.
The 2015 Breakthrough Rider of the Year was pretty close this year, with all the nominees at some point being in the lead which is exciting.