Re: Cycling : Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:52 pm  

Wiggins flogged himself for the cause.

It wasn't a typical HTC lead out for him but Cav didn't need it at the business end.

He's got the power.

Re: Cycling : Sun Sep 25, 2011 7:51 pm  

Quite simply..........awesome.

What a great year for cycling in the UK - perhaps next year could be even better. So the question now is.....Mark Cavendish Sports Personality of the Year?

Re: Cycling : Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:24 pm  

Haggis Fax wrote:

Quite simply..........awesome.

What a great year for cycling in the UK - perhaps next year could be even better. So the question now is.....Mark Cavendish Sports Personality of the Year?

Just depends how many cycling fans can be bothered ringing to vote I guess. He'd certainly be getting my vote.

Re: Cycling : Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:58 am  

His only competition this year is Darren Clarke (who in my opinion should have won the year the great british public decided to give it to Zara Phillips). Popular winner of the open but.......

......in terms of achievements this year (and personality) it simply has to be Cav.

Re: Cycling : Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:19 am  

It was nice to see his lass cheering him on as he mounted the victory podium. http://www.listal.com/viewimage/1936329

It was nice to see his lass cheering him on as he mounted the victory podium. http://www.listal.com/viewimage/1936329

Re: Cycling : Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:27 pm  

I knew he had won when I came to watch the highlights but it was still one of the most exciting races I have seen. Edge of the seat stuff. Wiggins was staggering.

Re: Cycling : Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:00 pm  

Up to now whenever I've seen road racing I've always kind of looked at the Brits as being a bit wet behind the ears. Cav has stood out up to now in terms of knowing how to deliver time in, time out.

Yesterday - GB owned the peleton. They were in charge. It was fascinating and exciting to watch 'patrons of the peleton' in red, white and blue. Everyone knew what they were going to do and nobody could stop them.

I think Wiggins and Millar deserve a lot of credit for yesterday. Wiggins is a proper road racer now and Millar - he's going to make a very good DS in a few years.

Re: Cycling : Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:15 pm  

Haggis Fax wrote:

His only competition this year is Darren Clarke (who in my opinion should have won the year the great british public decided to give it to Zara Phillips). Popular winner of the open but.......

......in terms of achievements this year (and personality) it simply has to be Cav.

I think Cav might win it.

Darren Clarke's a good shout but both him and Rory McIlroy won golfing majors this seasonand they're both Northern Irish. I reckon those factors will split their vote.

Re: Cycling : Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:51 pm  

wiggins was crucial to the win by cav, because he sapped the legs of potential breakaways in the 'danger zone' ie 10 to 20ks from home. an organised break here could have been decisive but his raw pursuit speed plus some nice weaving across the road meant nobody could spring off the front, millar did a great job of watching the breakaways mid race too. funnily enough the plan almost collapsed in the last 2 kilometres when cav went missing for a bit and thomas had to look around for him, but in his interview cav said he knew the aussie goss would be the main danger so simply took his wheel then attacked and took him in the sprint.
so back to the drawing board for the other teams for the olympics, should be a fascinating tactical battle as its now clear that to beat cav you have to either break away early or box him in in the last kilometre

Re: Cycling : Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:59 pm  

on the sports personality thing, clarke and mclroy have really only shone in one event each this year, cav has won the green jersey, world champs, the olympic test event and key stages of the tour of britain, there should only be one winner, though as one poster has pointed out zara philips won it when perhaps others should have.
don't forget mo farrah too, athletics always does well despite years of underachievement. cricketers to win team of the year, unless a home nation wins the onion world cup, though the GB cycling team should be in there too. vettel for overseas win - can't remember if he won this last year, but this year he's been even better (messi is an outside chance for this)

nice to have so many candidates this time around