British Riders of the Year 2014 number 1: Lizzie Armitstead
Lizzie Armitstead is Cycling Weekly's British Rider of the Year 2014
Cycling Weekly counts down the 20 best British riders of 2014 throughout December, with the top 10 published in the December 18 issue of Cycling Weekly magazine
Lizzie Armitstead is Cycling Weekly's British Rider of the Year 2014
World time trial champion Bradley Wiggins is runner-up in our countdown of British Riders of the Year 2014
Reigning Olympic, World, Commonwealth, European and national champion Joanna Rowsell is third in our countdown
Laura Trott has continued to impress on the track and on the road in 2014
Despite the disappointment of crashing out of the Tour de France, Chris Froome still had a year peppered with success
A solid Classics campaign and Comonwealth gold see Geraint Thomas place sixth in our British Riders of the Year
Katie Archibald's rise in the ranks of cycling continued, with wins on the track and on the road
Adam Yates impressed with overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, he's number eight in our British Riders of the Year
Despite a lack of Grand Tour success in 2014, Mark Cavendish still had a successful year and he's number 9 in our British Riders of the Year
WorldTour debutant Simon Yates is number 10 in our British Riders of the Year
We celebrate Britain's continued downhill MTB success with Manon Carpenter and Gee Atherton, joint 11th in our British Riders of the Year
Ben Swift joined a select group of British riders by appearing on the podium at Milan-San Remo. He's our 12th British rider of 2014
20 year old Elinor Barker scooped a whole host of track medals at international level during 2014, and she is our 13th British Rider of the Year
Emma Pooley finished her professional cycling career on a high, and she is 14th in our countdown of the best British riders of 2014
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad winner Ian Stannard places 15th in our countdown of British riders of 2014
British road race champion Peter Kennaugh is number 16 in our countdown of the best British riders of 2014
Commonwealth Games time trial champion Alex Dowsett is number 17 in our countdown of the best riders of 2014
Carmarthenshire rider Manon Lloyd is number 18 in our countdown of the best British riders of 2014
Our countdown of the best British riders of 2014 continues with Tao Geoghegan Hart
We kick off our countdown of the 20 best British riders of 2014 with Owain Doull...