Cav on BBC inside sport on monday

stefrees
stefrees Posts: 137
edited May 2009 in Pro race
could be 9nteresting. are the beeb starting to realise there is a major british talent out there?

also cavs autobiography: discuss.

my take is why? at 23? but should be interesting.

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  • Brian B
    Brian B Posts: 2,071
    Should be interesting as he

    A. Is the best sprinter in the world at the moment
    B. Has the interview skills of boiled potato
    C. Always whinging on about how the British media dont cover him enough.
    Brian B.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Brian B wrote:
    Should be interesting as he

    A. Is the best sprinter in the world at the moment
    B. Has the interview skills of boiled potato
    C. Always whinging on about how the British media dont cover him enough.

    A: Agreed

    B: Only when he's just lost. In proper sit down interviews he's quite good.

    C: He has a point. Of the Sunday newspapers, only the Observer mentioned Milan-San Remo
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    You'll be able to see him interviewed on Cycling Report before then.

    He's a bit feisty.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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  • Philip S
    Philip S Posts: 398
    For my money, Cav's always good value when interviewed, whether he's pissed off at just losing a race or giving an in-depth analysis of how he's won a stage.

    Here's when it's on:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007gylv/episodes/upcoming

    The Inside Sport website sometimes hosts an extended version of the interviews from the programme as well, which would be nice
  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,707
    Cavendish is the most interesting and erudite professional cyclist in the country at the moment. Admittedly he's had his moments (and they're less frequent now), but most of the time he has plenty to say that is constructive and well thought out.

    It might not be delivered in BBC RP or using lots of long words the meaning of which most of us aren't sure, but don't confuse those with intelligence.
    Aspire not to have more, but to be more.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    There's two people in an interview - let's wait and see what Gabby Logan is like.

    If she asks the sort of infantile questions Nicole Cooke got from Adrian Chiles...
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Little 30 second taster here:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm

    Let's hope Gabs doesn't interrupt him like that all the way through the interview...
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  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    DaveyL wrote:
    Little 30 second taster here:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm

    Let's hope Gabs doesn't interrupt him like that all the way through the interview...


    Nothing much of interest really was there?

    He likes winning. Hates losing. No sh!t.
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    teagar wrote:


    Nothing much of interest really was there?

    He likes winning. Hates losing. No sh!t.

    Yeah, bit of a crap show all round really. Still, nice to see his win in Milan-San Remo mentioned on BBC 1.
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    To be fair tho' Gabby Logan is hardly likely to ask in-depth cycling questions such as 'name and shame those you suspect are on the gear' These are just lightweight promo interviews but at least it get's his name/face across to viewers. What would we have asked him?
    M.Rushton
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    About his ballroom dancing? :lol: He was quite sheepish about that bit.
  • claudb
    claudb Posts: 212
    I enjoyed the Cav interview and the whole show in fact. Cav will no doubt have his detracters but, for me, he's a prodigious talent and a passionate competitor who at a very young age is dealing well with his media profile. This sort of profile is not just new for Cav, it's new for British Cycling and for interviewers like Gabby Logan who are more used to 'establishment' BBC sports. To have Dave Brailsford in the studio alongside Geoff Boycott - an absolute icon of the aformentioned ' establishment' BBC sports - is a huge credit to he and everyone at BC in recent years who have raised the bar so high. Credit where it's due - it's not so long ago that we could never have dreamed of such appearances of cyclists on the Beeb.
  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    Well from these you can see what the written media (and these are the tame side of it) can do with a bland interview.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm
    http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/m ... tion-21449
    http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/O ... 5233425.jp

    "Cavendish hit out", "...complained....", "....medals are over rated..." they were waiting for that chance.

    No wonder he gets twitchy about interviews. To my ears he was very balanced and made good points, it came across that he was someone who prioritised his "day job" whilst at the same time saw the importance of the Olympics.

    Which seems fair to me.

    To be honest while a bit of media coaching could stop the debate I think it'd be a shame. He's an open and frank individual and there's too few of them in sport. If he had a bit more natural charisma he could have the same interview style as Mourinho but I can't see that.

    Classic Mourinho exchange following a defeat and facing (I think) Man Utd the following Sat -

    Press "You've said you'll never loose 2 games in a row, what happens if you loose to Man Utd"
    Mourinho "Tell you I'll never loose 3 games in a row..."
  • zammmmo
    zammmmo Posts: 315
    Not sure I like the slant that some reports (including one of those in the links) appear, at least to me, to be putting on it i.e. just because he was in the minority of our cycling squad who didn't get a medal at Beijing, that he is playing down the Olympics importance. Anyone who knows about cycling knows that some of the GTs and Classics rate more highly on someone's palmares. So its good that he's said that, even if it surprises some people. Don't pull any punches. Educate joe public.

    Kind of reminds me of Sports Personality of the Year when Bradley Wiggins got interviewed (I read his book and he plays down the Olympics a little too) and he was so laid-back about the whole thing much to people's surprise - he mentioned something along the lines of 'yeah, hit the numbers, ticked the boxes in training...got the result'.
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    BigG67 wrote:
    Well from these you can see what the written media (and these are the tame side of it) can do with a bland interview.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 029855.stm
    http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/m ... tion-21449
    http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport/O ... 5233425.jp

    "Cavendish hit out", "...complained....", "....medals are over rated..." they were waiting for that chance.

    No wonder he gets twitchy about interviews. To my ears he was very balanced and made good points, it came across that he was someone who prioritised his "day job" whilst at the same time saw the importance of the Olympics.

    Which seems fair to me.

    To be honest while a bit of media coaching could stop the debate I think it'd be a shame. He's an open and frank individual and there's too few of them in sport. If he had a bit more natural charisma he could have the same interview style as Mourinho but I can't see that.

    Classic Mourinho exchange following a defeat and facing (I think) Man Utd the following Sat -

    Press "You've said you'll never loose 2 games in a row, what happens if you loose to Man Utd"
    Mourinho "Tell you I'll never loose 3 games in a row..."

    Lose!

    http://www.educationbug.org/a/lose-vs--loose.html
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    If you missed the Cav interview with Gabby Logan, on 'Inside Sport' you can watch it on iPlayer now until 15 May

    Here is the link:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 4_05_2009/

    He has some sound observations on drug testing and I was struck with his mature view on those who cheat.

    (tested 64 times this year and he is not bitter)
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Interesting interview. And one from the Guardian:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/ma ... -interview
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