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TeamSkyFans said:The most prestigious titles a sprinter can win are the world title, and green jersey.
As said before, the journalist in question is just trying to put the world championship in perspective for all the british readers that dont follow cycling that closely.
Cant beleive this thread has made it to page 2.
patterson_hood said:Disagree with what? There doesn't seem to be anything in that post that can be disagreed with.
sublimit said:He agrees with the people that think the Green is more than important than the Worlds, I think.
He disagrees with people that think he's wrong ..
Actually I have no idea now that I've re-read it.
TeamSkyFans said:The most prestigious titles a sprinter can win are the world title, and green jersey.
Dalakhani said:A few hours after Cavendish's win on Sunday, the Guardian had a drool-piece where their cycling correspondent wrote:
Oh, dear.
Steve
simo1733 said:Oh dear never mind.I noticed on the BBC web site that Cavs win was only 4th on the sports stories.Behind ,Tiger getting a new caddy,and Van Persie is not discussing a new contract with Arsenal.
WTF
Dancing On The Pedals said:Another gem from a different paper; "Yet for cycling nuts there is no great distinction between Cavendish’s achievement (green jersey) and that of Cadel Evans, the overall winner" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...reat-Britains-greatest-current-sportsman.html
As a cycling fan it's great that the sport is getting more and more exposure, but some of what you read in the mainstream media ...
It's wrong, it should be Cadel Evans!The Hitch said:Ok now that is a disgraceful comment. I find it particularly horrid that they try to tell other people, what we (the cycling nuts think). We think the exact opposite actually.
Also i remember reading somewhere that with Contadors doping controversy, Cavendish was now the number 1 cyclist in the world.
Midnightfright said:I think its hard to comment on a nations self perception until you have lived there and spent a great deal of time amongst its people and tbh I you did spend a great deal of time ( in guessing you haven't) you would probably be surprised at what the British people perceive themselves and there nation as. I myself have been living in the UK for 8 years now but am Irish born and I would say if anything Irish self perception differs more from reality ( obviously I'm generalzing) and these are the only 2 nations I've spent length of time so can comment on with any confidence. Altough I'm not entirely sure why I typed my spiel as its fairly obvious your baiting ppl.
Bavarianrider said:Sorry, i should have rather said the British media. That's what i meant in the first place.
patterson_hood said:Disagree with what? There doesn't seem to be anything in that post that can be disagreed with.
Swabian Lass said:I can understand that if you're British any coverage of cycling is good coverage. I feel the same way here in Germany sometimes. All in all I didn't think it was too bad, given that it's written for an audience that mostly don't have any idea what's going on.
The Hitch said:The idea that the green jersey is equal to the rainbow perhaps?
Green jersey is way overated by British fans ever since Cav said he wanted it in 2009. Of course as Libertine Seguros points out he then said that the green jersey doesnt mean much, he just wants to win stages, which got the entire British cycling crowd to say that Green doesnt matter so much.
They even said new 2011 rules would NOT be in Cavs favour because Cav just cares about winning stages ergo wont try intermediate sprints.
Then Cav got the green jersey on his shoulders again and changed his mind. Overnight the MV became the most prestigious thing in cycling.
Until someone beats Cav in the green jersey standings again that is.
Outside of this little world, The Green jersey isnt that big. The stupid, "sprinters only" rules put it down big time imo. The idea that a green jersey with 5 sprint wins trumps a yellow is the stupidest thing ive heard since Liggett (or whoever said it first) said that Cali was a GT.
There are over a dozen achievments in cycling greater than winning a MV. Start with the Tour, go down through the gts and the worlds, through all 5 monuments, past major classics like FW, through GT podiums, and only then do you get to the green jersey.
As Boomcie said - MSR> Green jersey.
El Pistolero said:Winning the yellow is 100 times more prestigious than the green jersey even with 5 stage wins.
TeamSkyFans said:The most prestigious titles a sprinter can win are the world title, and green jersey.
As said before, the journalist in question is just trying to put the world championship in perspective for all the british readers that dont follow cycling that closely.
Cant beleive this thread has made it to page 2.
ramjambunath said:William Fotheringham writes for them but the paper has a real anti Contador bias though and loves andy schleck.
sublimit said:He agrees with the people that think the Green is more than important than the Worlds, I think.
He disagrees with people that think he's wrong ..
Actually I have no idea now that I've re-read it.
Swabian Lass said:I can understand that if you're British any coverage of cycling is good coverage. I feel the same way here in Germany sometimes. All in all I didn't think it was too bad, given that it's written for an audience that mostly don't have any idea what's going on.
patterson_hood said:It is an extremely confusing post. It's as if he had decided he was going to disagree before reading the post and seeing if there was something to disagree with.
Bavarianrider said:Sorry, i should have rather said the British media. That's what i meant in the first place.
FignonLeGrand said:Yes this is the point, no matter what crap you here (I heard that in France, Germany and Italy Cav is bigger than Beckham on Radio Talksport!)
Frosty said:I think Dave Millar said that, or at least said they were comparable. How big is Beckham in France, Germany and Italy?