2010 Cycling Awards decided by moi plus some radom links:

So ladies, here I am again after our virtual party. I didn't post any news over the last days, therefore here you have some interesting links:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/schlecks-to-be-ambassadors-for-special-olympics-in-luxembourg : not only are they cool and good-looking, the Schleck brothers are also golden-hearted boys (did we have any doubt about this?). In fact Frank and Andy presented a check for 7000 euros to the sport federation for people with intellectual disabilities. Didier, Kirchen and Serge Waldbillig presented a check for 5000 euros too (the link also contains some clues about team Luxembourg's cars which, as we already know, will be Mercedes).
http://www.team-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=3007 : the new season is finally beginning and Richie Porte is going to ride TDU together with N.Sorensen, Tanner, Vandborg, JJ and Sebastian Haedo and Cooke. On this link you have a nice interview with him (and if you go to the right you can also book a signed copy of Riis' biography...).
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geox-and-tmc-threaten-to-quit-cycling : what a bad story. Don't Geox and Tmc realise that, if they leave cycling now, their image could suffer some bad blows between cycling supporters?
http://www.team-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=3008 : here you have a interview with Chris Sorensen, who has recently written in his blog that he's not going to take part in 2011 Giro d'Italia. Right now, I'm a disappointed Fangirl.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/breschel-voted-danish-rider-of-the-year : Yes dear fangirls, over the last days the 'Best 2010 rider of the year award' has been held in Denmark. The prize was won by Matti Breschel (as predictable), who had a very funny comment on it(“I've always thought that this event was deeply corrupt, but now I have faith in it again").

Matti won in front of Chris Anker Sorensen, Jakob Fuglsang, Alex Rasmussen and Lasse Norman Hansen.

Since the end of the year is 'award time' almost everywhere, however, miss Fede's now going to give her own 2010 cycling awards. Here they are:

Best performance: Fabian Cancellara's Parix-Roubaix victory. Simply amazing.
Best Team: Liquigas, Astana or Saxo Bank? That is the question. Saxo riders won Flanders, Roubaix, the TT World Championship and one of them was second in the Tour. On the other hand, Liquigas won Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana. Astana instead won the Tour and Liége. However, considering that the Tour and the Classics didn't go that well for Liquigas, that Astana didn't win anything at the Worlds, and that SB also got stage victories at the Giro (Richie Porte even won the Maglia Rosa), I think I'll go for Saxo Bank.
Best sprinter: Cavendish. When he's fine, he's unbeatable. Special mentions also goes to Yahueni Hutarovich for winning a Vuelta stage in a very surprising way, to Freire for winning Sanremo and making my race prediction come true, and to Petacchi for winning a great stage and the green jersey at the Tour.
Best TT rider: Cancellara (did anyone have doubts about this?)
Best new rider: Richie Porte. He rode an amazing Giro and showed that he has a bright future in Grand Tours. A mention also goes to Peter Sagan, great revelation of the first part of the year.
Most emotional moment of the year: imo there have been many emotional days this year. For example, when Chris Soensen won the Giro stage on Terminillo. However, I think the most emotional moment of the year was Andy Schleck's victory in Morzine-Avoriaz. That day I screamed as if I was mad!
Rider to watch in 2011: Richie Porte, of course. Also Peter Sagan has showed great things this year, just like Craig Lewis, Teejay Van Garderen, Sacha Modolo and Geraint Thomas. Attention also to Taylor Phinney.
Craziest moment of the year: The 60 men breakaway at the Giro, with everyone blaming everyone on what had happened, Vinokourov trembling in the rain, Chris Sorensen finding a random excuse for what had happened and Savoldelli transforming himself in Vinokourov's personal psychologist.
Most exciting Grand Tour of the year: Giro d'Italia. From the Dutch roads to l'Arena di Verona, going through Gavia's snow, Montalcino's mud and L'Aquila's stage, the Giro had a daily surprise for everyone who followed it (those surprises include Chris Sorensen going 'round with a Inter scarf in his hands the morning of the Zoncolan's stage).
Most exciting one day race of the year: the Worlds in Melbourne. Once again, I screamed as if I was mad when I saw that Hushovd had passed Breschel.
Worst moment of the year for Fangirl: Andy Schleck's chain pop on Port du Balés. In that moment I could have smashed my own tv. Then I managed to calm down, but Contador's stupid excuse had the power of making me get angry again.
Best chronist of the year: Savoldelli, of course. His Bergamask accent has become a symbol of this year Giro, just like his 'A Voi!' sentence. Moreover, he kept in contact with Rai during the Tonale stage by using his mobile phone and he commented what was happening through that. A genius.
Worst polemic of the year: there have been a lot of polemics over the last months. Beergate and Chaingate were probably the biggest here in the Blogosphere, but I think that the polemic that someone created with Cancellara ('You have an engine in your bike!') was probably the worst.
Best race I saw live this year: Tonale stage of the Giro (although I managed to meet Menchov at Tour of Lombardy, and not at the Giro).
Best brothers du peloton: and you expect me to give you an unpredictable answer? Muahahaha.
Best eyebrows du peloton: Jakob Fuglsang, of course. However, Logic doesn't accept the idea that those eyebrows have that natural shape.
Most unlucky rider of the year: For the second year in a row, this award goes to poor Robert Gesink for what happened to him at the end of the season.
Worst supporters of the year: those who booed at Vinokourov in Liége. If the system allows doped riders to come back racing after a disqualification, it doesn't make sense to boo at them as soon as they start winning important races again.

So, these are my random 2010 awards. You're free to create new categories or/and give me your opinions about my decisions, of course.
Considering that I'm not going to write anything new before of Christmas, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a nice holiday break :D
(Pic by Scanpix).