Rider of the Year Competition

The Rider of the Year competition recognizes consistent excellence across multiple distances for the duration of the racing season. Parity is a key priority at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center offering $750 equal payout to both the men’s and women’s fields in addition to the weekly prize payouts.

2022 Rider of the Year Race Dates

June 3
June 10: UCI – No ROY
June 17: UCI – No ROY
June 24: UCI – No ROY
July 1: UCI – No ROY
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29: USAC Nationals – No ROY
August 5
August 12
August 19 – Rider of the Year Finals

2021 Rider of the Year

2021 Men Rider of the Year

Place	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	DAKOTA STEIN	USA	Edge Cycling	105
2	JOHN CROOM	USA	Contravans	102
3	MICHAEL MILLER	USA	Team Oceanspray	71
4	BRAD GREEN	USA	Affinity Cycles	54
5	DANIYAL MATTHEWS	ZAF	Bellville Cycling Club	45
6	ANDREW DUDLE	USA	Bike Works p/b Fred Beans	44
7	GENEWAY TANG	USA	Edge Cycling	34
8	EVAN BOONE	USA	ASCP Elite	27
9	RYAN DODYK	CAN	Juventus Cycling Club	26
9	RYAN JASTRAB	USA	Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling	26
9	NATHAN ROBERTS	USA	Vitesse	26
12	JAMOL EASTMOND	BAR	Team Stoli	25
13	JACKSON KINNIBURGH	CAN	Digital Commerce Bank	24
14	MATHIAS GUILLEMETTE	CAN	independant	22
14	TRISTAN MANDERFELD	USA	US Military Endurance Sports/ VOLER FACTORY RACING	22
16	STEPHEN CHISELKO	USA	Watts Up	20
17	TOMMY QUINN	USA	Edge Cycling	19
17	JE'LAND SYDNEY	CAN		19
19	TERRENCE CHIOFFI	USA	CRCA/42x21ATQ	18
20	ROBERT MAYFIELD	USA	COS Racing	17
20	GRANT CARTER	USA	dcdevo Racing Academy	17
20	EDWIN SUTHERLAND	BAR	Team Stoli	17
23	EDDY HUNTSMAN	USA	Elevate-Webiplex Pro Cycling	16
23	DANIEL BREUER	USA	Specialized BMW Cycling	16
23	ETHAN OGRODNICZUK	CAN	Glotman Simpson Cycling	16
23	JAMES CARDILLO	USA	T-town Masters	16
27	ANDREW CHU	USA	Edge Cycling	15
27	DYLLON GUNSOLUS	USA	Oceanic Racing	15
27	JUAN ARANGO	COL	DCC Affinity	15
27	CLEVER MARTINEZ	USA		15
31	ZAC OLSZEWSKI	USA	dcdevo Racing Academy	14
31	CHRIS CARLSON	USA	Torchy's Tacos/Bike Mart	14
33	RYAN POMAJEVICH	USA	LoF masters AF “racing” team	12
34	HERSONY CANELON VERA	VEN		9
34	ANDREW SCOTT	CAN	Independent	9
34	AKIL CAMPBELL	TTO	Trinidad	9
34	JUSTIN PAK	USA	Star Track Cycling	9
38	GRANT KOONTZ	USA	Star Track Elite	8
38	JAMES HEDGCOCK	CAN		8
40	MICHAEL BLACK	USA	QCW P/B Cadence Cycling	7
40	GRAYSON HAUCK	USA	dcdevo Racing Academy	7
42	NAO YAMASHITA	USA	Team Alliance Enviromental	6
42	CONNOR SALLEE	USA	ButcherBox Cycling	6
42	ROBERTO SERRANO PLOWELLS	MEX		6
42	SANDOR DELGADO	USA	ASCP	6
46	NICHOLAS BAKER	USA	CS Velo Racing	5
46	JEFFREY MEYER	USA	Pink Rhino Racing	5
48	ZACH MCCLENDON	USA		4
48	CHRISTOPHER MEACHAM	USA	Doylestown Bike Works p/b Fred Beans	4
50	JASON GALLACHER	USA	Affinity Cycles	3
51	GUILLAUME NELESSEN	USA	Doylestown Bikeworks p/b Fred Beans	2
51	JAMES ALVORD	USA	Edge Cycling	2
51	OTIS ENGEL	USA	Gotham Cyclists	2
54	KYLE HELSON	USA	Empirical Cycling	1
54	ANTON GIBSON	USA	Star Track Cycling	1
54	JONAH HOVER	USA	Edge Cycling	1

2021 Women Rider of the Year

Place	Name	Country	Team	Points
1	KIMBERLY ZUBRIS	USA		115
2	ELSPETH HUYETT	USA	IAMICANIWILLIDO pb Vital Performance	114
3	COLLEEN GULICK	USA	Podium Sports LLC	97
4	SKYLER ESPINOZA	USA	Alto Velo	84
5	JESSICA CHONG	USA	Doylestown Bikeworks pb Fred Beans	83
6	MASAMI YAMASHITA	USA	Team Alliance	56
7	AMBER JOSEPH	BAR	Barbados	50
8	CHRISTINE D'ERCOLE	USA	IAMICANIWILLIDO pb Vital Performance	32
9	REAGEN PATTISHALL	USA	Edge Cycling	30
9	MANDY MARQUARDT	USA	Team Novo Nordisk	30
11	BETHANY MATSICK	USA	Doylestown Bikeworks pb Fred Beans	29
12	NGAIRE BARRACLOUGH	CAN	InstaFund Racing	28
12	ALEXI COSTA	TTO	DCC Racing	28
14	HOMARE YAMASHITA	USA	Sho Air Team Twenty24 Devo	26
15	SARAH VAN DAM	CAN	Red Truck Racing	24
15	SARAH ORBAN	CAN	Independent	24
17	JACKLYNN BOYLE	CAN	Cycling Canada	19
18	NICOLE RODRIGUEZ HACOHEN	GTM	Powerade/Guatemala	18
18	JESSICA BONILLA-ESCAPITE	MEX	Mexico	18
18	MISSY ERICKSON	USA	ERO Sports PA	18
21	KAYLA HANKINS	USA	LUX p/b Specialized	17
22	SAMANTHA FOX	USA	Pratt Racing	15
22	DEVANEY COLLIER	CAN	The Cyclery	15
24	VANESSA ROMANO	USA	Philly Bike Expo p/b VeloJawn	13
24	MCKENNA MCKEE	USA	Team Novo Nordisk	13
26	LILY PLANTE	CAN	Desjardins-Ford	10
27	MIA DEYE	USA	Star track	9
27	MAGGIE COLES-LYSTER	CAN	DNA Pro Cycling	9
27	DIVYA VERMA	USA	Edge Cycling	9
30	JULIANNA RUTECKI	USA	Vitesse	8
31	IVY KOESTER	USA	Velo Club LaGrange	7
31	ALLYSON WASIELEWSKI	USA	Edge cycling	7
33	CLAIRE CAMERON	CAN	Podium Sport Cycling	6
34	DAHLIA PALMER	JAM	JAMAICA	5
35	MARY-KATE WINTZ	USA	VeloFemme p/b Litzler	4
36	ANJA THOMAS	USA	Edge Cycling	2
37	ROMINA HINOJOSA	MEX		1
37	KIMBERLY PETTIT	USA	KGL coaching	1
37	CARA KING	USA	CWA Racing p/b TREK	1

2019 Rider of the Year

2019 Men Rider of the Year

wdt_ID	PLACE	NAME	NUMBER	COUNTRY	TEAM	POINTS
1	1	THOMAS ROTHERHAM	M2	GBR	Affinity	75
2	2	SHANE KLINE	M3	USA	Smart Stop	41
3	3	GEORGE JACKSON	M148	NZL	Subway Performance	25
4	4	JOSH DUFFY	M31	AUS	Unattached	25
5	5	MATTHEW ROTHERHAM	M144	GBR	Team GB	24
6	6	ZAK KOVALCIK	M151	USA	Black Lodge Cycling	20
7	7	MICHAEL ASTELL	M34	AUS	Maloja pushbikers	15
8	8	JUSTIN BUTSAVAGE	M99	USA	Star Track	14
9	9	NICHOLAS KERGOZOU	M70	NZL	New Zealand	14
10	10	HAYDEN STRONG	M132	NZL	Unattached	12
11	11	STEPHEN HALL	M1	AUS	MALOJA PUSHBIKERS	11
12	12	DEREK GEE	M41	CAN	Canada	9
13	13	NATHAN ROBERTS	279	USA	Young Medalists	8
14	14	IAN OELRICH	226	USA	Team Velosport-CA	8
15	15	STEVE FREDERICK	M24	USA		7
16	16	TOMMY QUINN	M264	USA	Edge Cycling	7
17	17	MICHAEL FOLEY	M127	CAN	Canada	7
18	18	JAMOL EASTMOND	M121	BAR	Team Barbados	6
19	19	EDWIN SUTHERLAND	M122	BAR	Team Barbados	5
20	20	JOSHUA HARTMAN	M248	USA	Star Track	4
21	21	JEAN SPIES	M76	RSA	South Africa / GIG	4
22	22	LACHLAN HOLLIDAY	M281	NZL	Piedmont College	3
23	23	CORBIN STRONG	M63	NZL	St George Continental	3
24	24	DYLAN SIMPSON	M147	NZL	Unattached	2
25	25	MARK WAGNER	M105	USA	New York Velodrome Association, Inc.	2
26	26	RYAN JASTRAB	231	USA	Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling P/b Maxxis	2
27	27	HUGO VELAZQUEZ	M143	ARG	Argentina	1
28	28	GRANT CARTER	211	USA	T-Town Elite	1
29	29	MICHAEL MILLER	M21	USA	Active Yards	1
30	30	JACKSON KINNIBURGH	M124	CAN	Unattached	1
31	31	CLEVER MARTINEZ	M126	VEN	Unattached	1
32	32	BILLY TAYLOR	234	USA	Star Track	1
33	33	TYLER COLE	M80	TTO	Team DPS	1

2019 Women Rider of the Year

wdt_ID	PLACE	NAME	NUMBER	COUNTRY	TEAM	POINTS
1	1	COLLEEN GULICK	W1	USA	Pickle Juice Pro	81
2	2	SHAANE FULTON	W46	NZL	New Zealand/Waikato Hub	48
3	3	JESSICA CHONG	W65	USA	Mathletes Racing	34
4	4	ELSPETH HUYETT	W66	USA	New York Velodrome Association, Inc.	25
5	5	MAGGIE COLES-LYSTER	W12	CAN	Pickle Juice Pro	25
6	6	KIMBERLY ZUBRIS	W11	USA	The Velo Shop	16
7	7	MADALYN GODBY	W85	USA	USA	14
8	8	CAMIE KORNELY	298	USA	Century Road Club	14
9	9	SAMANTHA OGLE	W48	NZL	NZ/Waikato Hub	13
10	10	AMBER JOSEPH	W67	BAR	Affinity	13
11	11	OLIVIA RAY	W49	NZL	Welland Racing	12
12	12	VANESSA ROMANO	297	USA	Young Medalists	10
13	13	TESSA YOUNG	W53	NZL	Subway NZ Track Team	10
14	14	IVY KOESTER	W59	USA	La Grange	8
15	15	MEGAN JASTRAB	W63	USA	Rally-UHC Pro Cycling	8
16	16	ALIJAH BEATTY	W76	USA	Pickle Juice Pro	7
17	17	VERENA EBERHARDT	W18	AUT	RSC ARBÖ Südburgenland	6
18	18	MCKENZIE BROWNE	271	USA	Unattached	3
19	19	DANIELLE SHUMSKAS	362	USA	Big Picture Cycling	3
20	20	MIA DEYE	494	USA	Edge Cycling	2
21	21	TAYLOR SAWYER	W88	USA	Pickle Juice Pro Cycling	2
22	22	JAYMIE KING	W47	NZL	Waikato/BOP Performance Hub	2
23	23	LAUREN PERRY	W89	AUS	Unattached	2
24	24	MASAMI YAMASHITA	272	USA	Big Picture Cycling	1
25	25	CHRISTINE D'ERCOLE	269	USA	Unattached	1