So, after succesfully predicting the sports personality award for 2007, the time has rolled around again, so lets see who DF thinks will win the award this year.

Personally I think Lewis Hamilton will walk it. I would LIKE to see Ben Ainslie win it - gold medals at 3 (I think) successive Olympic games, preceeded by a silver, and a strong gold medal candidate for London (Weymouth) 2012, if this was rowing he would be Sir Ben Ainslie by now. Then again, there is no doubt in my mind that Chris Hoy deserves serious recognition for what he has brough to cycling in this country - not only has he won loads of gold medals at more than one Olympic games, he's made cycling into the high profile sport it now is. Yes, there were fore-runners in the likes of Boardman, but Hoy is the man for me.

I've left the voting to be able to choose more than 1 candidate, as there are 3 people who get placed awards, so lets see if we can get it right this year