Best Young Rider

Aron wins the vote 3-2, he gets in.

All looks good to me, ready to be voted on.

To vote:
Name: Aron Shiningayamwe
Team: Nairobi City Cycling Club
Age: 25
OCM Tour Rank: 86
OCM Tour Points: 675
6 wins, including Monte Rosa Tour YC (6x div 5)
7 other results, including 3rd in Perm Tour YC, 6th in Perm Tour GC and 9th in Coppa della Famiglia del Don GC (2x div 5, 3x div 3, 2x div2)

To vote:
Name: Clyde Pugh
Team: DeRodeLantaarn
Age: 25
OCM Tour Rank: 20
OCM Tour Points: 1068
2 wins, both in division 1
4 other results, including 2nd in YC in Nederlandse and 7th in Copa Salsa de Cali (2 x div 1, 2x div 1.1)

To vote:
Name: Marcin Pajak
Team: Kremer
Age: 25
OCM Tour Rank: 54
OCM Tour Points: 786
2 wins (2x div 3)
7 other results, including 2nd in Norway Tour SC and 8th in Rotterdam Classic (7x div3)

Certain:

Name: Jean Pascal Traoré
Team: Cycling team FPS
Age: 24
OCM Tour Rank: 3
OCM Tour Points: 1466
6 wins, including Nederlandse and Cali YC (all div 1/1.1)
6 other results, including 2nd in GC Nederlandse and Cali (6 x div 1/1.1)

Name: Xalbador Varela
Team: Zalom
Age: 24
OCM Tour Rank: 54
OCM Tour Points: 786
7 wins, Race of the Minuteman SC (div 4) and Baltimore Invitational (classic div 4) (2 x div 3, 5 x div 4)
6 other results, including 7th Rotterdam Classic (classic div 3) and 2nd Giro di Sicilia YC (div 4) (1 x div 3, 5 x div 4)

Name: Darian Dorinsky
Team: English Sprinting Team
Age: 23
OCM Tour Rank: 47
OCM Tour Points: 800
8 wins, including GC/YC Haute-Norm. and SC Volta (both div 2) (8 x div 2)
7 other results, including 2nd in YC Volta da Lagoa dos Patos (2 x div 2, 5 x div 3)

Thanks for checking, will update!

I think it makes sense to keep Traore and Xalbador as certain, along with Darian. Then we have Pugh in the vote obviously, along with Aron and Marcin because I can't choose between the two of them

Xalbador sometimes shows as 55th, sometimes as 54th by the way. Probably a tie for that spot

It's not. Only in the WT category.

Need to check with Don not sure WT is included In this Catagory?



Small points

Name: Jean Pascal Traoré
Team: Cycling team FPS
Age: 24
OCM Tour Rank: 3
OCM Tour Points: 1466
6 wins, including Nederlandse and Cali YC (all div 1/1.1)
7 other results, including 2nd in GC Nederlandse and Cali (6 x div 1/1.1, 1 x WT B)


I am showing Xalbador Varela's rank as 55th.
Birger Kleven   9th Volta ao Porto GC
Darian Dorinsky 7th Volta da Lagoa dos Patos GC
Clyde Pugh WT result? 3rd Nederlandse Tour GC 7th Copa Salsa de Cali GC.

Yes, good arguments.
The committee and the communcity will normally put results in the big races (tours/classics) over consistency. Top-9's in normal races are not important in that perspective.

Thanks for the feedback, Frank. Very unfortunate of Aron Shiningayamwe to end up just outside the top 80, therefor I missed him

Traore and Varela seem certain, I agree.

Pugh is the second highest ranked youngster behind Traore, and he did that in division 1. Therefor I put him up there.
Darian obviously did great as well, but I feel like the fact that he only scored in tours (literally, not even a top 9 outside of these tours) is a bit of a let-down.
Pajak scored 19 top 9, all of them in 3rd division, so he was more consistent, that is why I considered him.
Aron Shiningayamwe had most of his results in 5th division, but there were a lot of results, that is true.
Kleven is probably out, I can agree with that.

Any more thoughts on who to put into the voting?

Good approach, nice list. The only one you missed this way I think is Aron Shiningayamwe.

For the other, I would put Dorinsky in as certain instead of Clyde Pugh.

I would leave then Pajak and Kleven out of the voting and Pugh and Shiningayamwe in.

To vote:
Name: Marcin Pajak
Team: Kremer
Age: 25
OCM Tour Rank: 54
OCM Tour Points: 786
2 wins, both Div3
7 other results, including 2nd in Norway Tour SC and 8th in Rotterdam Classic

To vote:
Name: Birger Kleven
Team: Conero cycling team
Age: 25
OCM Tour Rank: 60
OCM Tour Points: 768
1 win, division 2
7 other results, including 3rd in Volta ao Porto YC (div 2) (5 x div 2, 2 x div 3)

To vote:
Name: Darian Dorinsky
Team: English Sprinting Team
Age: 23
OCM Tour Rank: 47
OCM Tour Points: 800
8 wins, including GC/YC Haute-Norm. and SC Volta (both div 2) (8 x div 2)
7 other results, including 2nd in YC Volta da Lagoa dos Patos (2 x div 2, 5 x div 3)
note: all results are stages or classifications

Approach:
Looked at the top 80 riders to search for young ones, and at the winners of the youth classifications of the tours in div 1, 2 and 3.

Name: Jean Pascal Traoré
Team: Cycling team FPS
Age: 24
OCM Tour Rank: 3
OCM Tour Points: 1466
6 wins, including Nederlandse and Cali YC (all div 1/1.1)
7 other results, including 2nd in GC Nederlandse and Cali (6 x div 1/1.1, 1 x WT B)

Name: Xalbador Varela
Team: Zalom
Age: 24
OCM Tour Rank: 54
OCM Tour Points: 786
7 wins, Race of the Minuteman SC (div 4) and Baltimore Invitational (classic div 4) (2 x div 3, 5 x div 4)
6 other results, including 7th Rotterdam Classic (classic div 3) and 2nd Giro di Sicilia YC (div 4) (1 x div 3, 5 x div 4)

Name: Clyde Pugh
Team: DeRodeLantaarn
Age: 25
OCM Tour Rank: 20
OCM Tour Points: 1068
2 wins, both in division 1
6 other results, including 2nd in YC in both Nederlandse and Cali (both div 1) (5 x div 1, 1 x WT C)

To vote:
Name: Darian Dorinsky
Name: Birger Kleven
Name: Marcin Pająk

See posts above to vote.

Short list, but not on the final list:
Uwe Gassner - 1st in Perm YC and 2nd in Volta YC, and 5 top 9's
Egidio Laeco - TvA YC and 3rd in Roubaix. 4 top 9's in total all in div 1.
Bernard Cowell - Vuelta YC and a div 1 win.

Also considered, but not on the short list:
Lowie Harmannus - lots of points, no wins
Emrick Hellenga - lots of points, no wins
Mára Daniel - good Giro di Montelbano, nothing else
Yaroslav Oplatka - good Norway Tour, win in div 4, not enough.
Kristiaan Jannis - good Volta, thats it.
Art Jassie - good at Cymru Taith, thats it.
Armand Maïga - Good Essex Tour, but thats it.
Sergej Rakic - great Kangaroo Tour, but not enough for a nomination
Gusto Drozd - great week at the Vuelta a Valparaìso, but not much else.
Sergei Tereshchenko - nice win of the GT YC, but nothing else to show for.
Jacinto Carrión - nice win of the YC at Volta da Lagoa dos Patos, but not enough.

Pre-Nominations:

Darian Dorinsky

Rider must have been under 25 at the beginning of the season (so 24 or younger)


Format for this category:

Name:
Team:
Age:
OCM Tour Rank:
OCM Tour Points:
wins, including  mention classic and tour wins, do not mention stages (Divisions in which races were won)
other results, including mention classic and tour results, do not mention stages (Divisions in which results were achieved)

Example:

Name: Young Doe
Team: Invisible Riders
Age: 23
OCM Tour Rank: 144th
OCM Tour Points: 660
2 wins, including Kangaroo YC (both Div3)
6 other results, including 2nd Baltimore Invitational, 8th Kangaroo GC (1 Div2, 2 Div3, 3 Div4)

Please do it exactly like this, just don't nominate Young Doe