Tyler Denniston, first lieutenant of the Category 6 Racing Squad, was temporarily out-sporting the entirety of the category 4/5 field.  The Rider of the Year competition scores riders in the best 6 races of the season.  Tyler's strong time trailing this season had nudged him past the competition.    Tyler made a run for the same prize last year, but was cursed with tactical errors throughout the season.   This season has thus far been a gift from the cycling gods as the tactical errors that do occur are during races not scored by the governing body. In a final bout at the Henderson TT Tyler was forced to step off the podium.  Not to worry though Category 6 actually does most of its training at the psychologist's office training to mentally handle losing.   Rather than sulk about losing or shake his head and think about the various ways he could have gained a few more points Tyler will do what every good Cat 6 racer would do.  He will bitch about how the winner was just sandbagging and should have moved up a category years ago.  That bastard. Palmares 2005

Tyler Loses Rider-of-the-Year Competition

Race	Place	Rider of the year points
Ken Woods RR	16th	48
Loon State RR	7th	0
Lillydale TT	3rd	85
Velo Bella TT	22.8mph?	95
Lukemia TT	5th	80
Tour of 10k Lakes	10th	65
NorthField Crit	7th	71
Hopkins (no) Rasberry festival	9th	68
Henderson TT		71
	Total	470
R.O.Y place overall	2nd