Mark Cavendish did what he promised to do and won the UCI Road World Championships: Elite Men Road Race. otherwise known as the World Championships. His is the United Kingdom’s first world champion for 46 Years, in fact he is only the United Kingdom’s second ever World Champion. He went there to win, the British team had no plan “B” either Cavendish delivered or they failed. The British team rode brilliantly, controlling the race from the start. If I had one minor criticism of the tactics it would be forget that ‘Cav’ won, the tactics must have been just right.
It has been a fairly impressive weekend for British Cycling. Bradley WigginsBradley Wiggins (Team Sky) won in the time-trial at the Bayern-Rundfahrt on Saturday (beating World Champion Fabian Cancellara by 30 seconds in the process) . Geraint Thomas Geraint Thomas (also Team Sky) also produced a strong ride to take him into the leaders jersey. He and his team successfully defended the lead on the final stage yesterday to give him his first major stage race on his palmares.
On top of that on the other side of the Alps in Milan, David Millar (Team Garmin-Cervelo) won the final stage of the Giro d’Italia