one thing overlooked in the cav reports today

northernneil

"I made the mistake of putting national pride ahead of my career in the 2008 Olympics and I'm not going to do that again," he said.

you'd get vilified in any other sport by the national press if you said this, no need to read between the lines there

teagar

northernneil wrote:

"I made the mistake of putting national pride ahead of my career in the 2008 Olympics and I'm not going to do that again," he said.

you'd get vilified in any other sport by the national press if you said this, no need to read between the lines there

S'why cycling's clearly a better sport...

It's not about who you ride for but how you ride.

Much more like it.

calvjones

northernneil wrote:

"I made the mistake of putting national pride ahead of my career in the 2008 Olympics and I'm not going to do that again," he said.

you'd get vilified in any other sport by the national press if you said this, no need to read between the lines there

Plenty of footballers give up internationals to prolong their club career.

northernneil

calvjones wrote:

northernneil wrote:

"I made the mistake of putting national pride ahead of my career in the 2008 Olympics and I'm not going to do that again," he said.

you'd get vilified in any other sport by the national press if you said this, no need to read between the lines there

Plenty of footballers give up internationals to prolong their club career.

usually at the end of their career though - not the start !

calvjones

Good point. However, as long as he's in GB colours for the 2012 Games and comes in 1st all will be forgiven. Lets be honest, if he did ride the Commonwealth Games he'd be in Manx colours anyway, so not even a Brit.

iainf72

In football you could compete multiple times per year in a national team. In cycling it's once. 5 times every 4 years if you did the road race in the Olympics and Worlds.

bennj

calvjones wrote:

Good point. However, as long as he's in GB colours for the 2012 Games and comes in 1st all will be forgiven. Lets be honest, if he did ride the Commonwealth Games he'd be in Manx colours anyway, so not even a Brit.

I thought in the commonwealth games we competed as england scotland wales etc..?

Also if he would not even be a brit when representing the Isle of Man why is it he is a GBR cyclist?

Just wondered

RichN95.

bennj wrote:

calvjones wrote:

Good point. However, as long as he's in GB colours for the 2012 Games and comes in 1st all will be forgiven. Lets be honest, if he did ride the Commonwealth Games he'd be in Manx colours anyway, so not even a Brit.

I thought in the commonwealth games we competed as england scotland wales etc..?

Also if he would not even be a brit when representing the Isle of Man why is it he is a GBR cyclist?

Just wondered

He won a Gold Medal at the last games



I suppose IoM just counts as another bit of Britain, like the Channel Islands.

calvjones

All part of the British Isles, none part of the political entity that is the UK; Channel Isles are Crown Dependencies and IoM has similar protected-but-separate status. Think Queen is head of state there?

There must be some agreement that lumps these islands in with GBR (which should properly be UKR of course as NI cyclists can also ride for GB)

Anonymous

They also left out that Cav left Melissa for 'other' reasons and his new lady is just a front to cover for him. I submit my evidence -

Doobz

NapoleonD wrote:

They also left out that Cav left Melissa for 'other' reasons and his new lady is just a front to cover for him. I submit my evidence -

lmao - classic

RichN95.

northernneil wrote:

"I made the mistake of putting national pride ahead of my career in the 2008 Olympics and I'm not going to do that again," he said.

you'd get vilified in any other sport by the national press if you said this, no need to read between the lines there

Reading between the lines, isn't he basically hinting that he's won't ever ride for Sky unless they build a team around him, like Columbia, (and pay him loads)

GavH

calvjones wrote:

There must be some agreement that lumps these islands in with GBR (which should properly be UKR of course as NI cyclists can also ride for GB)

That's why the Olympic team is called GB & NI, not just GB.

Kléber

Even if he'd won, he'd have a gold for the Madison. Nice but go on, name the winner from 2008...

...Exactly

mooro

funnily enough i was just reading about the madison stuff in his autobiography and, though its just one side of the story, it does appear that the preparation for this event is not at the same standard as others, maybe he just thinks if they cant be @rsed why should he?

emadden

GavH wrote:

calvjones wrote:

There must be some agreement that lumps these islands in with GBR (which should properly be UKR of course as NI cyclists can also ride for GB)

That's why the Olympic team is called GB & NI, not just GB.

As is the case for all Olympic sports, Northern Ireland cyclists have the option of riding for the Irish team or Team GB. Most choose to ride for the Irish team as they have a better chance of selection.