Commonweath Games cycling (Track & Road) (Spoilers)

[Richard A Thackeray]

If Yorkshire were a country would it even be in the Commonwealth?

if you consider the time/heyday of the 'Commonwealth', Yorkshire would quite possibly be one of the manufacturing/power providing work-horses of it.

Coal-mines, steel-works, engineering, locomotive building, etc......

 

[HF2300]

Did anyone see an interview with Cav or Kennaugh after the race?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It was stated in the 'Yorkshire Post' this morning, that if Yorkshire was a country, it would have finished 6th in the Medal league!!!!

Some stats person somewhere has also worked out that per capita Scotland was top of the medal list for gold medals won.

 

[Ganymede]

Did anyone see an interview with Cav or Kennaugh after the race?

Saw this in today's Graun:


Kennaugh took the lead three kilometres into the 168km race and stayed out for 116km as the elements threw their worse at him. It will go down as the longest suicide move in Commonwealth Games cycling history. Watching it unfold was his fellow Manxman Mark Cavendish, his directeur of sport for the day, although he was as confused as everyone else.

Kennaugh admitted: “He was just saying, ‘What are you doing?’ I thought someone would come with me. I knew I was going to get caught at some point; I didn’t think I’d stay out there as long as I did.”

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Kennaugh admitted: “He was just saying, ‘What are you doing?’...”

Great bit of DSing

 

[HF2300]

I read another article which didn't say a lot but implied he kept thinking someone was going to come across to him. He was right, of course, they did eventually - and went straight past.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Saw this in today's Graun:


Kennaugh took the lead three kilometres into the 168km race and stayed out for 116km as the elements threw their worse at him. It will go down as the longest suicide move in Commonwealth Games cycling history. Watching it unfold was his fellow Manxman Mark Cavendish, his directeur of sport for the day, although he was as confused as everyone else.

Kennaugh admitted: “He was just saying, ‘What are you doing?’ I thought someone would come with me. I knew I was going to get caught at some point; I didn’t think I’d stay out there as long as I did.”

I remember thinking when I saw the hand gestures coming from the car I could just imagine Cav saying "what the f**k are you doing ?"

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I read another article which didn't say a lot but implied he kept thinking someone was going to come across to him. He was right, of course, they did eventually - and went straight past.

I think we guessed he was trying to start a breakaway but when nobody joined him, he resorted to plan what-the-hell. Not much that I've seen suggests anything more convincing.

 

[Slaav]

I think we guessed he was trying to start a breakaway but when nobody joined him, he resorted to plan what-the-hell. Not much that I've seen suggests anything more convincing.

To be fair, even he seems to have agreed with you!

Amazing insight..... (By 'big K')

Did anybody with blood in their veins think he would pull it off?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

It was a splendid idea and I thank him for it. Ripped the race intae gear from the off.

I'll give him a gold medal for ballsiness.

 

[smutchin]

Did anybody with blood in their veins think he would pull it off?

Only the numpty presenters on FiveLive, who clearly have never watched a bike race in their lives. Chris Boardman showed exemplary patience when dealing with their questions about Kennaugh's chances of winning.

To be fair, it was a no-win situation for Kennaugh. If he'd abandoned the attack, he would have looked a bit foolish, so better in some ways to go down in a blaze of glory.

Also, as Marmion says, it lit the race up good and proper and I'm sure was largely responsible for the low number of finishers. That and the weather.

 

[HF2300]

G says he wasn't fresh for the CWG. Coming pretty much straight from the TdF I can't help feeling he can be excused.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/wales/28651423

Nice comments from Luke Rowe at the end.