The World Cyclo-cross Championships have just finished in Hoogerheide in the Netherlands. For those of you unfamiliar with the sport it is probably best described as half way between Mountain Biking and Road Racing. It is held off-road and the races are about an hour-long for men and about 45 minutes for women.
This years men’s race was as exciting a bike race as I have seen in a long time. The women’s race was a master class in cyclo-cross by the finest bicycle racer on the planet today Marianne Vos
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.
A Scotsman in Suburbia 