Cycling Media Awards finalists revealed

The finalists for the 2015 Cycling Media Awards have been announced.

This year’s awards event features new categories including the prestigious Photographer of the Year and Writer of the Year awards, along with the Cycling Media Legend accolade.

The winners will be revealed on Thursday November 12th at the Islington Metalworks, London.

Cycle Guard is the host of the drinks reception on the evening, while Cycle Alert is sponsoring the Cycling Advocate category. A limited number of additional sponsorship opportunities are available – contact Richard Setters via rsetters@nbmedia.com to find out more.

Trade tickets are available to buy now, priced at £79 each. Click here to find out more.

But without further ado, here are the finalists of this year’s Cycling Media Awards (drum roll please):

Magazine of the Year
Bikes Etc
Cycling Plus
Cycling Weekly
Cyclist
International Mountain Bike
Rouleur
Singletrack
What Mountain Bike

Website of the Year
Bike Radar
Cycling News
Cycling Weekly
PinkBike
Road.cc
Singletrack World
Sportive.com
Total Women’s Cycling

Best Use of Photography
BikesEtc
Conquista
Cyclist
PinkBike
Rouleur

Steve Worland Award for Specialist Writer – Print
Jenn Hill – Singletrack
Tom Hutton – MTB Guide
Jake Ireland – MBUK
Helen Pidd – The Guardian
Peter Stuart – Cyclist

Specialist Writer – Online
Dave Arthur – road.cc
Tom Ballard – BikeRadar
Ben Carlson-Oakes – Sportive.com
Anna Cipullo – BikeSoup
Stuart Clarke – Cycling Weekly
Andrew Dodd – FactoryJackson.com
Steven Jones – Dirt
Matt Wragg – Pinkbike

Best coverage by a Newspaper
Guardian
Independent
London Evening Standard
Observer
Telegraph
The Times

Best coverage by a Mainstream Magazine
Esquire
GQ
Men’s Fitness
Men’s Health
Shortlist
Top Sante
Women’s Fitness

Best coverage by a Mainstream Website
BBC
Eurosport
Guardian
Huffington Post
Shortlist
Sky Sports

Best Broadcast Coverage
BBC
Eurosport
ITV
Red Bull
Voxwomen

Best Cycling Podcast
BBC Bespoke
Cycling News Podcast
Prowomenscycling
The Cycling Podcast
The Bike Show
Velocast.cc

Best Vlogger/Best Use of Video
geebeebee media
Global Cycling Network
GMBN
Voxwomen

Cycling Advocate of the Year
Chris Boardman – British Cycling
George Ferguson – Mayor of Bristol
Roger Geffen – CTC
Boris Johnson – Mayor of London
Keeper of the Peak (@KoftheP)
Brenda Mitchell – Cycle Law Scotland
Ashok Sinha – London Cycling Campaign
Malcolm Shepherd – Sustrans
Mark Treasure – As Easy As Riding.com

Blogger of the Year
Cyclists in the City
Juliet Elliott – BikesnStuff
Fiona Russell – Fiona Outdoors
Jessica Strange – Velo Me
Lucy Sturgess – Loveveloblog
The Lonely Cyclist

Photographer of the Year
Simon Gill – Freelance
Nathan Hughes – Pinkbike
Marshall Kappel – Rouleur
Chris Keller-Jackson – Freelance
Dave Trumpore – Freelance
Juan Trujillo Andrades – Cyclist

CMA Writer of the Year
Richard Abraham – Cycling Weekly
Wayland Austin – Sportif
Jo Burt – Road cc
Ben Carlson-Oaks – Sportive
Joseph Delves – BikesEtc
Beth Hodge – Rapha
Lauren Jenkins – Freelance
Morton Okbo – Rouleur
Fiona Russell – Fiona Outdoors
Joe Saumarez-Smith – Sportive.com
Jessica Strange – VeloMe
Peter Stuart – Cyclist

The Cycling Media Legend category is decided by the BikeBiz team, in consultation with a panel of industry experts. There is no shortlist for this category.

For general enquiries about the Cycling Media Awards 2015, email cma@nbmedia.com.