Comments on: Interview – Stage Winner 6

By: maureenOWW

maureenOWW — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:53:37 +0000

‘this young sprinter from great britain’ – er, no, he’s from the Isle of Man, which has never been part of Great Britain, or the UK, or England.

By: woodwaa1

woodwaa1 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:30:52 +0000

he is riding for gb in the olypics……

By: maureenOWW

maureenOWW — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:45:23 +0000

Well done, you’re very observant. He can hardly compete for the Isle of Man as they don’t have a team in the Olympics.

By: woodwaa1

woodwaa1 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:51:33 +0000

he also has a british racing licence, and raced in the british road race championships, so doesnt that make him a briton?
and you done need a passport to enter the isle of man….

By: drugmypenguins

drugmypenguins — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:45:07 +0000

But if the isle of man was an independent country, then why dont they have a team at the olympics? Wouldnt he then not be allowed to race for Britain as hes from another country?

By: maureenOWW

maureenOWW — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:14:06 +0000

I didn’t say the IOM was an independent country, did I? It’s a Crown Dependency, and, as I stated, is not part of GB, England, the UK, the EU, the Commonwealth, the UN, and so on. The IOM and other crown dependencies have special relationships with those bodies, but are NOT members of any of them. I don’t mind them calling him a ‘Briton’ as a general cultural term, but he is not FROM Great Britain. He’s from Ellan Vannin.

By: davidstavros

davidstavros — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:23:37 +0000

Holy hell, nice job on the pedantry. For all intents and purposes, he’s a Brit, get over it.

By: oldschoolvibes

oldschoolvibes — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:57:07 +0000

I’m from Jersey which is also not a part of the UK or Great Britain,but is a part of the British Isles like the Isle of Man. If i were racing at International Level i would be representing England or GB the same as Cavendish…Get over it, that’s how it works…

By: maureenOWW

maureenOWW — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:09:51 +0000

It’s not a matter of pedantry it’s a matter of geographical fact. The isle of man is not part of great britain. That was the point I was making, you seem to be confused about what I was saying.

By: TheOzTez

TheOzTez — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:27 +0000

He rode at the Commonwealth Games for the Isle of Man, but he rides for Team GB at the Olympics the same way that riders from Scotland do. Anyway why would he want to ride at the Olympics, or even the worlds for an Isle of Man team? This is a rider who wants to win, and with an Isle of Man team he would be reducing that chance. No offense to them or anything but he does say in his autobiography that he only knows 3 riders from the island who would last the neutralized zone at the TdF