Cavendish tells it like it is

[Toks]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/no ... -de-france

[Toks]

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]Bitter? Oh no......mind you .. he has a point or two

[Grahame]

[quote="Mark Cavendish"]If this was a crashing fall to earth, worse was to follow. Cavendish borrowed a medal from one of his team-mates only to be stopped at check-in by a stewardess with polite words to the effect of: 'My boyfriend follows cycling and I know you didn't win that.'

[quote="Grahame"]:twisted:
[quote="Mark Cavendish"]If this was a crashing fall to earth, worse was to follow. Cavendish borrowed a medal from one of his team-mates only to be stopped at check-in by a stewardess with polite words to the effect of: 'My boyfriend follows cycling and I know you didn't win that.'

[quote="Mike I"][quote="Grahame"]:twisted:
[quote="Mark Cavendish"]If this was a crashing fall to earth, worse was to follow. Cavendish borrowed a medal from one of his team-mates only to be stopped at check-in by a stewardess with polite words to the effect of: 'My boyfriend follows cycling and I know you didn't win that.'

[Daniel Gee]

British Airways, British Cycling it's all one(1) big cabal innit.

As far as I'm concerned Road Racing the pinnacle & all the rest is just a side-show.

plus I'm a bit put off by all the mad nationalism&narrow focus of british cycling as an organisation, its all a bit weird & franlky iffy

Mark Cavendish's the most succedsful&promising (male) british rider in yonks.

Chapeau & all that.

[Tony]

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"]Flipside to this was that Hoy would not have the power to sprint left in him after 200km on the road

[Jon H]

[quote="Tony"]He is a fat boy!

[quote="Jon Hemming"][quote="Tony"]He is a fat boy!

[-Adam-]

[quote="Daniel Gee"]British Airways, British Cycling it's all one(1) big cabal innit.

As far as I'm concerned Road Racing the pinnacle & all the rest is just a side-show.

plus I'm a bit put off by all the mad nationalism&narrow focus of british cycling as an organisation, its all a bit weird & franlky iffy

Mark Cavendish's the most succedsful&promising (male) british rider in yonks.

Chapeau & all that.

[quote="Jon Hemming"][quote="Tony"]He is a fat boy!

[quote="-Adam-"][quote="Daniel Gee"]British Airways, British Cycling it's all one(1) big cabal innit.

As far as I'm concerned Road Racing the pinnacle & all the rest is just a side-show.

plus I'm a bit put off by all the mad nationalism&narrow focus of british cycling as an organisation, its all a bit weird & franlky iffy

Mark Cavendish's the most succedsful&promising (male) british rider in yonks.

Chapeau & all that.

[-Adam-]

And i'll join you on that note Grahame.

What do BC do for anyone who isn't part of the Talent Team, Olympic Development Plan/World Class Performance Plan or the Academy over in Italy?

Oh, and they told England's only rider potentially capable of winning the Tour to ride the track or bugger off. He didn't want to, consequently he's now Irish. So good old Ireland get to win the Tour... again.

What planet are they on!?

[quote="Grahame"]:twisted:
[quote="Mark Cavendish"]If this was a crashing fall to earth, worse was to follow. Cavendish borrowed a medal from one of his team-mates only to be stopped at check-in by a stewardess with polite words to the effect of: 'My boyfriend follows cycling and I know you didn't win that.'

[Grahame]

No misrepresentation at all.

I reported the facts.

Fact:
He didn't win a medal at the olympics.
Fact:
Medal winners were given Club class or First Class seats back from the olympics, other athletes were seated in Premium Economy.
Fact:
Cavendish borrowed a medal to pass himself off as a medal winner and get an upgrade he hadn't "earned" according to the rules.
Fact/conclusion:
He attempted to cheat the system and he got caught.

Where's the misrepresentation or the straw man?