posted Mar 31, 2008

I want full pictures and a report on the post-event celebrations by Team GB.
If I was part of it I'd want a serious party!

After seeing the legs, lets see them legless!

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posted Mar 31, 2008

The cyclist were amazing what a result. Well done doesn't realy cover it!!

Also great of the BBC to show so much of it live and on interactive well done BBC.

Just one tiny complaint/ request on the coverage... I love my sport and seeing GB do so well, howevr I don't fully understnad all the rules of some of the more complicated events, such as Keiran and Madison and cannot find on British Cycling, or the BBC the rules and aims of these events. Come on BBC give us less knowledgable people a little more info so we can appreciate fully the skills and tactics of the riders. At least point those of us that wnat to learn more where to find it on the web (British Cycling's website is almost as bad as my own sport of rowing's!!)

Good luck to the cyclists in Beijing. Awesome, hope to see yuo all with golds hanging from your necks!!

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posted Mar 31, 2008

I can understand how some people find cycling a 'boring' sport - I guess everone has their preferences. I like many sports, but as cycling is by far one of the most successful sports for GB right now, I'm hooked - might even try and go over to belgium to see one of the big road races if any of our brits are participating? Anyway, maybe increasing the coverage of the sport on BBC and in the media would help motivate the success of our cyclists onto other GB sports like athletics and swimming. Looks like Team GB have got the succcess model perfected. Well done to you all! Pics of last nights celebrations wouldn't go amiss Jill

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posted Mar 31, 2008

Why does every sport have to be compared to soccer.Why do soccer fans go on as if no other sport is worth watching.Soccer maybe fine for the devoted fans,but give credit WHAT OUR CYCLISTS HAVE DONE IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IS JUST AMAZING AND THE WHOLE TEAM ARE WORTHY OF THE HIGHEST PRAISE GOING>All of the England rugby team were honoured for winning the world cup and rightly so,so how about the same for these great national athletes right now,give them an even bigger boost coming upto the olympics,they deserve it.Cycling is an exiting fast and wonderful sport to watch and take part in,and we should be more than justly proud of what they,ve acheived.Don,t want to rub it in but but what has the English national soccer team done,I think the answer is absolutely nothing,in fact they can,t even qualify in Euro finals..so that about says it all.

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posted Mar 31, 2008

shakerbluesman, ahem...its not 'soccer', its football!

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posted Mar 31, 2008

I think the medal for best perfomance (out of a boat) has to go to Rebecca Romero. There's clearly a good link between rowing (strictly speaking for Rebecca it's sculling) and cycling.

I know who I'll nominate for BBC Sports Personality of 2008.

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posted Mar 31, 2008

Having now read through all the comments on the various threads relating to the WCTC that have just finished in Manchester, there is one very important topic that i would like to see addressed by the BBC and/or squashed in the media in general. Namely, the British team have been "too succesful to be credible" in the eyes of some.

You only have to go back a handful of years to see how far this team has some on under the direction of DB and his team. There have been years in the recent past where Team GB has hardly figured in the WCTC. Furthermore, removing a couple of exceptional athletes that we had in the '90s from consideration also shows just how far we have come as a team.

It really is exceptional, and the wider public need to be told this. However, we will most likely have to wait until Beijing for the recognition as deserved.

It is unrealistic to expect the same number of golds in China, but if the cyclists could pull in 5-6, that would likely put them on a par with the rest of the GB team put together. Maybe it is statistics such as 50% of an olympic medal haul that will be required by some to recognise the achievements of this cycling squad.

Finally, one comment on the Road v Track comments - specifically Cancellara v Wiggins. If FC had wanted to attend these Championships he could have done. To say he would wipe the floor with BW is ignorant. FC is awesome, no doubt, but he won't be having the value of my house placed on his shoulders should he ever go head to head with Bradley over 4k.

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posted Mar 31, 2008

soccer ?
well the Kiwis refer to rugby as football, and the version with funny shaped ball as soccer ....
many Brits follow suit

tennis is boring to some (knocking a ball back and forth), F1 or MotoGP to others (cars/'bikes going round + round) ......
if you don't like cycling then get off our 'board !!

"Hut ab" to Team-GB !!!

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posted Mar 31, 2008

awesome . . . fantastic . . . incredible . . . what an amazing array of adjectives you have at your disposal, Jill! No wonder you're running short!

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