Does that excuse the substandard performance by Team GB? There have been accusations that they gave up too easily and it certainly looks that way when not one of them made it to the end and star riders like Wiggins and Froome abandoning at the side of the road and claiming the weather was too bad. Big names from other countries hammered on and fought out the title as the pre-eminent cycling nation of the moment seemed to find it beneath them, perhaps.
Britons to be proud of were profiled on the BBC over the weekend as part of the growing profile of downhill mountain biking in the mainstream media. The Athertons were showing the Beeb around their playgrounds and home and talk about the pressures of being a family at the peak of their sport,.
Talking of Downhill. How's this for a crash and a half?
Then there's the final part of the Madison Genesis view of the Tour of Britain for you to watch as well:
Madison Genesis - Tour of Britain : Part Three from Madison on Vimeo.
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