Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy has been named 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The Scot, who won three gold medals in Beijing, beat Lewis Hamilton and Rebecca Adlington to the honour.
He becomes the first cyclist to win the prestigious award since Tommy Simpson in 1965.
BBCBritain's Olympic cycling team have been named BBC Sports Personality's Team of the Year and Dave Brailsford won the Coach of the Year honour. The cyclists won 14 medals in total in Beijing, including eight golds.
It added to the nine gold medals they won at the world track championships in Manchester in March.
BBCHoy shocks everyone apart from ice-cool HamiltonChris Hoy's win was utterly deserved but even more surprising to almost everyone at the Beeb's big bash
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2008 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year winner Chris Hoy (centre), 2nd place Lewis Hamilton and 3rd place Rebecca Adlington. What the? No? Oh my god it is! That was the reaction around the press room here at Echo Arena HQ and one cannot help but imagine the same eye-popping expressions rippling through the nation's living rooms. Gasp.
Guardian
