By Dom Howson courtesy of the www.thestar.co.uk

DOWNHILL mountain biking world champion Steve Peat admits he was ‘blown away’ to land top prize at the 2009 South Yorkshire Sports awards.
The 35-year-old saw off competition from four other world champions, including heptathlete golden girl Jessica Ennis, to scoop the senior performer of the year award at the English Institute of Sport last night.

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Even though Steve Peat’s epic season is over, the accolades keep rolling in, this time in the form of Bike Magazine’s Rider of the Year. In a season that included victories in two of the first three World Cup races, passing Nicolas Vouillez as the all time winningest DH racer, as well as a win at the Lisbon DH, and the World Championships, Peaty was on a rampage all season long and there is no doubt he deserves this prestigious award. Check out the December issue of Bike Magazine to read the awesome article and learn more about the greatest downhiller to ever grace the Planet Earth.