Top Ten Cycle News Website Stories of 2014 Cycle News Staff | December 25, 2014 So what were the top ten stories of 2014 on the Cycle News website? Not surprisingly, the announcement of the FIM’s punishment of James’s Stewart for failing a drug test at the 2014 Seattle Supercross topped the list. Check out the list below for the other top news stories of the year: 1. The December announcement that the FIM had finally made a decision on what to do regarding James Stewart’s positive results during a random drug test at the 2014 Seattle Supercross in April topped the list. https://www.cyclenews.com/690/27349/Racing-Article/Supercross–FIM-Punishes-James-Stewart.aspx 2. The news of the untimely passing of up and coming Roadracer Tommy Aquino unfortunately made the list. https://www.cyclenews.com/646/22923/Racing-Article/Tommy-Aquino-Dies-in-Training-Accident.aspx 3. The original news that James Stewart had failed the World Anti-Doping Agency test at the Seattle Supercross made big news in June. https://www.cyclenews.com/647/24635/Racing-Article/Supercross–James-Stewart-Fails-WADA-Drug-Test.aspx 4. Chad Reed made big news by taking two wins during the opening rounds of the 2014 Supercross season, proving that he was again a title contender. But things went terribly wrong for Reed at the San Diego Supercross in early February and the big crash resulted in multiple serious injuries that took him out of for the remainder of the Supercross season. https://www.cyclenews.com/647/22963/Racing-Article/Chad-Reed-Gets-Bad-News.aspx 5. The passing of Don Tilley, the legendary race tuner and Tilley Harley-Davidson owner from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident unfortunately made the list: https://www.cyclenews.com/45/24975/Racing-Article/Don-Tilley-Dies-in-Accident.aspx 6. Malcolm Stewart also made the top ten list for an altercation he had with Justin Barcia during the Daytona Supercross in March. https://www.cyclenews.com/647/24099/Racing-Article/Supercross–Malcolm-Stewart-Fined-For-Daytona-Incident.aspx 7. The top new bike story of 2014 was the first ride on the 2015 Yamaha FZ-09. The bike provides a lot of bang for the buck. https://www.cyclenews.com/366/22362/Racing-Article/First-Ride–2014-Yamaha-FZ-09.aspx 8. Ryan Villopoto’s announcement that 2015 will be his last season racing made the list. The Four-time AMA Supercross Champion Ryan Villopoto says his 2015 season in the Motocross World Championship will be his final season. https://www.cyclenews.com/647/25153/Racing-Article/Ryan-Villopoto–Win-Or-Lose–2015-Will-Be-His-Last-Season.aspx 9. After several weeks of rumors, Ryan Villopoto announced just before the final round of the Monster Energy Supercross finale that he would skip the 2014 Outdoor Motocross series to have knee surgery. https://www.cyclenews.com/647/24379/Racing-Article/Ryan-Villopoto-To-Miss-Outdoor-Motocross-Nationals.aspx 10. Mike Alessi made the top ten stories of 2014 for his incident with Broc Tickle at the Atlanta Supecross in February. https://www.cyclenews.com/647/24020/Racing-Article/Supercross–The-AMA-Responds-To-Alessi-Tickle-Incident.aspx And just missing the cut but added to this list due to the significant impact it will likely have on the U.S. road racing scene in 2015 and beyond was the September announcement that the Wayne Rainey led KRAVE Group was taking over from the Daytona Motorsports Group. The new MotoAmerica series is shaping up to be a big step forward for road racing in the U.S.. https://www.cyclenews.com/646/24985/Racing-Article/AMA-Road-Racing–Wayne-Rainey-In–DMG-Out.aspx Latest News Read More Motorcycle News