| 11/28/2001 | For the second year in a row the three-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstring won the Internation Cyclist of the year. This was Lance's second consecutive title, making lance the second athlete to win the award twice.
Roland Green and Lyne Bessette won the North American Cyclist of the Year honors. Green, a Canadian rider was the first non-American and mountain biker that has ever the won the award. Bessette, also from Canada, followed fellow Canadian Linda Jackson, who won it twice (1997, '98)
International Cyclists of the Year Finalists:
Roland Green
Erik Zabel
Previous Winners
Lance Armstrong (2000)
Anne-Caroline Chausson (1999)
Marco Pantani (1998)
Paolo Pezzo (1997)
Alison Sydor (1996)
Laurent Jalabert (1995)
Miguel Induráin (1994 and 1992)
Juli Furtado (1993)
Gianni Bugno (1991)
Ned Overend (1990)
Greg LeMond (1989)
Steve Bauer (1988)
North American Male Cyclist of the Year finalists
George Hincapie, Trent Klasna, Levi Leipheimer
North American Female Cyclist of the Year finalists
Kim Bruckner, Alison Dunlap, Genevičve Jeanson, Missy Giovewww.velonews.com
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