Sports Personality of the Year

Great news for cycling in the UK - Mark Cavendish, ex-HTC, now going to Sky, has been nominated for the UK Sports Personality of  the Year award!

This is a massive step forward for cycling, and shows how the popularity of the sport is increasing in leaps and bounds.

I don't think there has ever been a cyclist in the nominations before, so this is quite a thrill for all of us UK cycling fans, whether we are supporters of Mark or not.

Of course, he might not win, but even to be in the Top 10 is a tremendous boost to the sport.

He's up against Andy Murray (Leelu, I can hear you from here!) and some others that I don't know. For the full list, follow the link I gave above.

Best news, voting occurs on the night of the award, which is the 22nd December, and is a phone vote. Normally, in a phone vote, footballers win: but this year, not a single footballer made the top 10, yay! Sadly, not a single woman made the top 10 either, which is a bit odd.

So, yay for Sky, and go, Marky, go!