Ed Clancy MBE Nicole Cooke MBE Chris Hoy Sir (KBE)
Jason Kenny MBE
Paul Manning MBE Victoria Pendleton MBE
Rebecca Romero MBE
Jamie Staff MBE
Geraint Thomas MBE Bradley Wiggins CBE
Paralympians
Mark Bristow MBE
Jody Cundy MBE
Ellen Hunter (tandem pilot) OBE
Anthony Kappes MBE
Darren Kenny OBE
Aileen McGlynn OBE
Simon Richardson MBE
David Stone MBE
Barney Storey (tandem pilot) MBE
Sarah Storey OBE
Mark Cavendish's performances on the road, outside of the Olympics, surely rated an MBE. Two Giro stages and four Tour stages outstripped anything any other British rider has done in any one year. Hopefully 2009 will see him perform just as well or even better, and, without the distraction of the Olympics, he will receive the honour he is rightly due.
To err is human, but to make a real balls up takes a super computer.
Sir Chris Hoy Fact #2
During a powercut across the whole of Manchester, an engineer connected Sir Chris Hoy's turbo trainer to a turbine at the powerstation. The resulting power from his one hour training session was enough to light up the entire North West for seven weeks.
Disagree 100%. Knighthoods should be reserved for people who make significant contributions to genuinely improving the quality of other peoples' lives in the long term, not just their own.
Disagree 100%. Knighthoods should be reserved for people who make significant contributions to genuinely improving the quality of other peoples' lives in the long term, not just their own.
Hoy has made a very positive impression amongst many many people I know, young and old.
Besides he has inspired me to keep riding hard and has in effect improved my quality of life long-term.
Faster than a speeding bullet ... more powerful than a locomotive ... able to leap tall buildings in a single bound... yes, these are some of Sir Chris Hoy's warm-up exercises.
Manchester Velodrome was originally a 100 metre track. Every time Chris Hoy does a standing start the track stretches by a metre. By 2012 it will be a 3km track.
Do you guys all sleep with (Sir) Chris Hoy teddies at night too? Get a grip - he's good but this is making me sick :roll:
I can see what you mean, Rich, but I'm on the side on the Hoyists here. Having seen all of the World Cup meets in Manchester from Athens to Beijing you get to see what a terrific effort Hoy has made converting from the kilo to the other sprint events - and in the Keirin, he's pretty much redefined the event to suit his strengths. The way he rides it and wins it just shouldn't be possible, bu he's now very rarely beaten.
He is an all time great in track cycling - his record speaks to that quite simply, but I think the manner in which he's done it - with quiet dignity and an absolute unremitting competitive focus - captures values that the British have held out as representing the national character at its best.
In this, I rate both Hoy and Ainslie as inspirational characters with lessons about dedication and a fieresome will to succeed in their goals that can be widely applied in life.
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here is the list in full
Olympians
Ed Clancy MBE
Nicole Cooke MBE
Chris Hoy Sir (KBE)
Jason Kenny MBE
Paul Manning MBE
Victoria Pendleton MBE
Rebecca Romero MBE
Jamie Staff MBE
Geraint Thomas MBE
Bradley Wiggins CBE
Paralympians
Mark Bristow MBE
Jody Cundy MBE
Ellen Hunter (tandem pilot) OBE
Anthony Kappes MBE
Darren Kenny OBE
Aileen McGlynn OBE
Simon Richardson MBE
David Stone MBE
Barney Storey (tandem pilot) MBE
Sarah Storey OBE
Performance Director
David Brailsford CBE
Snake
Anyhoo, well done the the other cyclists
When Sir Chris Hoy pedals, his bike does not move, it is the earth that rotates.
During a powercut across the whole of Manchester, an engineer connected Sir Chris Hoy's turbo trainer to a turbine at the powerstation. The resulting power from his one hour training session was enough to light up the entire North West for seven weeks.
Disagree 100%. Knighthoods should be reserved for people who make significant contributions to genuinely improving the quality of other peoples' lives in the long term, not just their own.
Probably a far more deserving recipient of recognition, IMHO.
Hoy has made a very positive impression amongst many many people I know, young and old.
Besides he has inspired me to keep riding hard and has in effect improved my quality of life long-term.
Faster than a speeding bullet ... more powerful than a locomotive ... able to leap tall buildings in a single bound... yes, these are some of Sir Chris Hoy's warm-up exercises.
There are no steroids in match sprinting. Just cyclists Sir Chris Hoy has breathed on.
(Sir Chris Hoy Standing Start)
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I can see what you mean, Rich, but I'm on the side on the Hoyists here. Having seen all of the World Cup meets in Manchester from Athens to Beijing you get to see what a terrific effort Hoy has made converting from the kilo to the other sprint events - and in the Keirin, he's pretty much redefined the event to suit his strengths. The way he rides it and wins it just shouldn't be possible, bu he's now very rarely beaten.
He is an all time great in track cycling - his record speaks to that quite simply, but I think the manner in which he's done it - with quiet dignity and an absolute unremitting competitive focus - captures values that the British have held out as representing the national character at its best.
In this, I rate both Hoy and Ainslie as inspirational characters with lessons about dedication and a fieresome will to succeed in their goals that can be widely applied in life.