All arise for Sir Christopher Hoy

[Cathryn]

Cav is going to implode with bitterness.

I felt for Cav too!! Never mind, when he wins the tour he'll be Sir Cav. In the meantime, he has the honour of knowing our Corsa is called Cav in his honour.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I felt for Cav too!! Never mind, when he wins the tour he'll be Sir Cav. In the meantime, he has the honour of knowing our Corsa is called Cav in his honour.

you'll have to hope that non-cyclists don't think it's because you can't spell chav…

 

[dodgy]

I felt for Cav too!! Never mind, when he wins the tour he'll be Sir Cav. In the meantime, he has the honour of knowing our Corsa is called Cav in his honour.

Not gonna happen.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

he'll pick up a gong for the green jersey though…

 

[dodgy]

Doubt it, the British public and those that dole out gongs don't 'get' stage racing, much less the even more obscure classification jerseys.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

but maybe sir chris could use a bit of his newly-found establishment muscle to that end…

 

[dodgy]

We can hope I suppose.

 

[Dave5N]

A Corsa? I don't think Cav would be a Corsa if he were a car!!

 

[gavintc]

I'd prefer these honours to be given out after retirement but when all's said and done they're meaningless baubles anyway. Like pillocks who put BSc, MA, etc after their names in private correspondence.

Meaningless? I do not put mine, but I see nothing wrong with putting your educational quals after your name.

 

[Cathryn]

My chavvy cousins called him Chav, which made me most annoyed. And Dave - Cav the Corsa is very nippy and is 'the hottest property in driving right now'!!

 

[yello]

Good call about Cavendish. He'll be f'ing livid, and who can blame him? It's enough to make him turn his back on British cycling completely.

 

[Saddle bum]

I refer you to the post on the previous thread. Chris Hoy's Unionism, and his closeness with a certain Gordon Brown might have some bearing. My money's on an announcement of a velodrome in Fife.

Exactly.

With regard to the Sports Personality of the Year award - the cycling media took a pragmatic approach and went for Hoy. They knew full well Scotland would only vote for him and to put forward any of the other equally worthy contenders would only split the vote. Cav, Wiggo and especially Cooke were just as valid a choice.