Mark Cavendish shortlisted for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Posted: Tuesday November 30, 2010

Sadly Mark Cavendish didn’t win last night’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year, the cycling great lost out to jockey, AP McCoy, who himself had a truly fantastic year.

So commiserations to Cav, but congratulations to AP McCoy.

Maybe next time he stays with us in Lanzarote he can get an even greater prize though – a listing on our Wall of Fame!

This is why we were backing Cav for the title

For the second year running Mark Cavendish has been shortlisted for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and we’re hoping our support will help him win!

Last year we had split loyalties, with another Club La Santa regular,Jenson Button also up for the award, which eventually went to Ryan Giggs. But this time, we’ll be backing Cav – the fastest man on 2 wheels!

So here are our reasons for backing Cav:

He’s the world’s greatest sprinter on the road
He won 5 stages of the Tour De France
He won the points jersey at the Tour of Spain
He’s only the second Briton to secure a sprint title in one of the top 2 stage races (Malcolm Elliott was the first in 1989)
He’s won 15 stage in the Tour De France
He’s won 5 at the Giro d’Italia
He won 4 at this year’s Vuelta d’Espana

He’s the face of Team HTC Columbia the best cycling team on the planet and in our opinion, deserves the 2010 Sports Personality of the Year Award!

The winner will be announced on December 19th at the Birmingham LG Arena.

Cav is up against:
Tom Daley
Jessica Ennis
David Haye
AP McCoy
Graeme McDowell
Graeme Swann
Phil Taylor
Lee Westwood
Amy Williams

The shortlist was complied by 30 sports editors from the regional and national press.