Tour de France star Cadel Evans predictably dominated the Australian cyclist of the year awards.

Evans won his second-straight "Oppy", the coveted Sir Hubert Opperman Medal, which is awarded to the national cyclist of the year.

He also won the men's road category and took out the inaugural people's choice award at the dinner in Adelaide.

The three awards were inevitable after Evans had a year of unparalleled success in Australian cycling history.

He finished second in the Tour de France, the best overall finish by an Australian in cycling's most famous race.

That alone would have been enough for him to win the Oppy, but Evans also was fourth in the Tour of Spain, fifth at the world road cycling championships and won the ProTour international road series.

Evans now aims to win the Tour de France next year and then back up a fortnight later in the road events at the Beijing Olympics.

Also emphasising the extent of Evans' achievements were the finalists he beat in the road category.

In any other year, Stuart O'Grady's Paris-Roubaix win would have won him the Oppy.

He was the first Australian to win the famed one-day classic, known as "The Hell Of The North".

The other finalist was Robbie McEwen who, like O'Grady, has won the Oppy twice.

McEwen enjoyed another strong season with more stage wins in the Tour de France and Tour of Italy.

In other awards, world 500m time trial champion and record holder Anna Meares won the women's track category for the third time, while emerging star Cameron Meyer took out the men's track award in his first year as a senior.

Oenone Wood won the women's road award, while Sam Hill was predictably awarded the men's mountain bike category after he successfully defended his world downhill title and finished the year ranked world No.1 in the event.

Tracey Hannah won the women's mountain bike award and the senior BMX categories went to Khalen Young and Nicole Callisto.

Widely-respected NSW mentor Gary Sutton, who coordinated Australia's success at the world junior road and track championships, won the coach's award.

In the junior categories, West Australian Josephine Tomic won the track and road awards after winning three gold medals at the junior world championships.

Travis Meyer won the men's junior track category after snaring three gold medals at the junior worlds, taking his career total of victories at those championships to five.

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