Female Athlete of the Year Winner
Tracy Moseley
With over twenty years of race experience behind her, Tracy Moseley's resume is a sight to behold, full of first place finishes in World Cup downhill, and more recently in the Enduro World Series. There are even XC and dual slalom victories thrown in for good measure - Moseley is the epitome of a well-rounded rider, a formidable threat on two wheels no matter the discipline. 2015 was no exception, and after finishing second to Anne-Caroline Chausson at the first round of the EWS in Rotorua, New Zealand, Moseley went on a tear, winning the next six stops in the series and clinching the overall title for the third year in a row.
It wasn't just her race day performances that were impressive; her practice days were noteworthy in their own right, as Mosley often shunned the use of an uplift, preferring to pedal rather than shuttle her way to the top of stages. Her final stage of the season in Finale saw her suffer her only mechanical of the season - an inner tube got wrapped round her bike, forcing her to stop and pull it out mid-stage. Thinking she had blown the stage because of it, she came down smiling nonetheless, only to find out she'd still managed to lay down the best time.
| I think moments like in Ainsa where she was helping repair the rest of the field's bikes between stages as she was the best-prepared really speaks to her character. She helped keep her rivals in the race from her spares without a second thought. - Matt Wragg |
After a spectacular year of racing, Tracy hung up her racing shoes in her own quiet yet classy way with a small announcement to the media on course at Finale. She'll still be competing in select events in 2016, but after years of putting it all on the line between the tape, she's taking a well-deserved break. For her achievements, along with her humility as an athlete, Tracy Moseley is Pinkbike’s 2015 Female Athlete of the Year.
Karma is good. In the megavalanche in 2010 Tracy broke her chain right next to us - we were spectating and waiting to ride the men's final on Sunday. The chain was a twisted mess but dude next to me took the chain off his bike and offered it to T-mo. I had a spare power link in my bag and in double quick time we had her bike functional again. Good to see Tracy passing it forward.
The race report from 2010 didn't tell the full story - Tracy was just behind Anne Caro when her chain broke.
"In the women’s race Anne-Caroline Chausson won with a fantastic time of 67 minutes and 40 seconds, which would have got her a top 20 finish in the men’s race. She was followed by Emmeline Ragot and then Meggie Bichard. Tracy Mosely managed 5th..."
No frontal shot of her face?
You lot need to stop treating females like second class citizens.
I take my helmet off to all those other amazing female riders out there too!
The worlds a better place with y'all shredding the way!