Onley and Holl claim Scottish Cycling awards

Paralympic champion Jenny Holl and road cyclist Oscar Onley picked up the top prizes at the Scottish Cycling Awards.

Onley won male rider of the year after becoming the first Scottish-developed rider to start the Tour de France, while female rider of the year Holl piloted Sophie Unwin to gold in the individual pursuit and road race, silver in the road time trial and bronze in the same event on track in Paris.

Stirling’s Holl, 25, also picked up three silver medals at the World Cycling Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

Kelso’s Onley, 22, started the year with victory atop Willunga Hill at the Tour Down Under before a Tour of Britain campaign in which the Scot took home the young riders’ classification and came second overall.

Onley beat Olympic medalists Jack Carlin and Paralympic champion Fin Graham to the award while Holl had ompetition from two-time Olympic silver medalist Neah Evans and mountain biker Heather Wilson.

In other awards, Graham’s thrilling C1-3 road race gold medal winning ride at the Paris Paralympics was voted by the public as the moment of the year.