Chris Hoy has cancer

gweeds

Just announced. Undergoing chemo. Only 47.

Pross

Hope he recovers well, always seems a really decent bloke.

Dorset_Boy

Hope he is well on the way to beating the big C.

Sounds like he and his family didn't want to make it public, and had managed to keep it that way for some months, but as he says, his hand was forced.

I read that as some scumbag journo found out and threatened to go public.

JimD666

Looks like he was trying to keep it private but some cockwomble tattled to the tabloids/media

wakemalcolm

Lovely bloke and hugely supportive of the cycling culture in Edinburgh; used to see him at the bike breakfasts during the cycle to work week. Couldn't get over his thighs being about the same size as my waist.....at the time.

Hope he makes a good recovery.

gweeds

I met him when we worked together once and went for a ride after. Such a bloody nice bloke and down to earth despite being a God in my eyes. As you say it looks like the fucking scumbag press were going to publish. Wankers.

daniel_b

sh1tty tabloid 'hacks' though I can think of another word for them.

How do these rabid @rseholes sleep at night I wonder.

Hoy is an utter legend, and comes across as such a genuine person, I wish him all the luck in the world with beating it.

hanshotfirst

Hope it's been caught soon enough and he makes a full recovery from the treatment.

Honestly, how would you be able to sleep at night if you'd approached someone going through cancer and said "Listen, we know you're getting treatment so either go public and tell the world or we've got it as our back page headline tomorrow." Scum.

Pross

He should have said who it was that forced his hand, that he hasn't done so just reinforces his own decency. Not sure how any journo could argue public interest in running with the story without consent.

photonic69

It was probably that BBC douche-bag Dan Roan. He always had a hard-on about Chris Froome doping. Probably digging around for another non scoop.