Cracknell vs Hoy: The street race

[TimpBizkit]

Why is it that I haven't seen many black track cyclists?

[TimpBizkit]

Just get him a single speed and me a multi speed, he'll prob catch me up though

[Wozzeh]

'that cost me 10 pounds!'

[philipg52]

The Aussie's are out for revenge in 2012.They are going balls out to beat us.

[nitroshot1]

good!!

[charliebfmv]

my two fav idols ..brilliant :)

[bobodd5]

hahahahahahahohohohoohoho

[andr123w]

Hoy needs to come out and just say " The fact of the matter is, I'm the best there is. I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence."

[auxr4dar]

ive read the last few posts here, and im a soldier so im going to say this. Wheest the lot of ye, people do get obe's mbe's for excelling at any job, for doing good things for the community, and for becoming pinnacles of british society that includes the lowest ranks of the forces to the postman all for selfless dedication. All armchair punditc with a pot belly and chips on their shoulder thinking the world owes them a favour as they eat their pizza, please pipe down. signed A Soldier

[andrewc2768]

Chris Hoy is a class act obviously

[ShedHead9]

A bike that doesn't work for Chris Hoy? Good luck on finding one of those ...

[AdamNeisler]

O ur break broke? Well what did you expect. It was made in CHINA.

[F33NYHD]

4.40 for people that want to save time!!

[antipike]

Why give a knighthood for sport , this cheapens the idea of knighthoods , they are meant to be for bravery ie fighting for your country , he is a cyclist ffs

[Skipissatan]

@antipike they were never just for bravery...for the kings chums, people that gave the royals loans etc

[danleedsrc]

@antipike mate have you any idea how much time and effort the athletes put into the Olympics and then to win 3 golds at one event is a massive achievement, i know what your saying about fighting for your country and stuff which personally i have maximum respect for any solder but if i was a solder i would rather a vc than a knighthood, cus VC's are like really special and show that you fought for your country and made a massive personal scarifies in doing so, you get my point ? :/

[antipike]

@danleedsrc No sorry I dont get your point .... they choose the life of an athlete ? going by your analogy then a postman who excels at his job should get a knighthood too ... Mbe ... Obe at the maximum

[danleedsrc]

@antipike well yeah if a postman somehow does something amazing in his job (have no idea what but for matters sake) then yeah he should get recongnised for his achevment, so in your oppinion would you strip redgrave of his knighthood for getting 5 gold in consecutive games

[antipike]

@danleedsrc No he should not have have been given such a high honour for something he chose to do ... this is a moronic honour to give a sportsman who has done nothing other than what he chose to do ... an mbe would have been too much

[thehalfbloodgreek]

@antipike and you're saying soldiers don't choose to enlist?

[antipike]

@thehalfbloodgreek Hardly a hero is he ... go and stand in the corner

[05swanbe]

@antipike Then what would you say is an acceptable reason for awarding a knighthood? After all, Lord Sugar CHOSE to go into business. Does the fact that a soldier CHOSE to sign up make him any less brave for risking his life to save others? Should we only award honours to people who were forced into their profession?

Steve Redgrave is the most outstanding sportsman the world as ever seen; he brought glory to the country and his sport and should be recognised for it.

[antipike]

@05swanbe Unless you risk life or limb for your country then a Knighthood is not for you ... their are a multitude of other awards they can be given Dont cheapen the KNIGHTHOOD by giving it to business men/ women / sports men / women

Mbe / obe is more then enough

[05swanbe]

@antipike You appear to be imposing your own criteria for knighthood as opposed to the actual one. Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service.

Decorations tend to be used to recognise specific deeds.

Medals are used to recognise bravery, long and/or valuable service and/or good conduct.

Knighthood is an honour, and so sporting excellence is a perfectly legitimate reason for recieving one.

[antipike]

@05swanbe What a load of rubbish .... lets not cheapen the honour by giving such a thing to err say a football player etc etc

[05swanbe]

@antipike Well duh, I would never give it to a football player. They are grossly over-paid and don't work 1/10th as hard as an olympian (I should also point out that for much of his career Redgrave was completely unpaid). The fact is, if we were to use your standards, we would have to strike off around 70% of the people on there.

[antipike]

@05swanbe Well someone must have thought it was ok to give out this honour to those that only thought to line their own pockets

Google how many footballers where knighted

Athletes are no better .. they only do what they do because they choose to not because it bettered anyone elses lives

[05swanbe]

@antipike The answer is 9 footballers in 83 years, out of more than a thousand.

Knighthoods are awarded for service to the country, not specifically for helping people (although charity workers do occassionally get knighted)

[antipike]

@05swanbe Thats a start then ... so we agree that those 9 are 9 too many ... now see how many have been given them for other sports / charity .. they cheapen the KNIGHTHOOD ... Keep it for our warriors ... they give them medals now and keep the real thing of value KNIGHTHOOD for the wrong people .... a medal wont open doors but a KNIGHTHOOD does .... very sad when they give them out to CHARITY workers ffs

[bobodd5]

@antipike wanker wee

[antipike]

@bobodd5 ? Are you as stupid as you seem .......

[cerealrulz]

@antipike You're right lets only give knighthoods for people that kill mostly innocent civillians as their full time job, not because they are 'putting their lives on the line for us' but because they are unable to get a real job, rather than an athlete who has preven his determination and excellence and inspired millions and represented our country.

[Soloxable]

@antipike you're an idiot.

[antipike]

@Soloxable I know what a hero is do you , its not someone that exercises for a fucking living

[Soloxable]

@antipike well in that case it's certainly not someone who kills other people, either.

[antipike]

@Soloxable No your right , its someone that defends his country regardless of the outcome , they put their lives on the line

What does an athlete do , he/ she may sweat a bit but harldy life threatening is it

[Soloxable]

@antipike In the name of what? What are these wars for? They're because our governments don't like each other? Or because they need resources from another country? Or because 2 religions don't like each other? THEY'RE BULLSHIT! Just like you don't believe in sport, I don't believe in war, therefore I don't believe in anyone who takes part in a war - I condemn killing. Soldiers are praised to be a bunch of heroes when really they're murderers who can't get a job anywhere else.

[JUSfr34k]

lol !!

[mtb416]

waiting for someone to correct me......haha

[basch2020]

LOL! hilarious, thanks for the upload.

[brigader4heart]

oh dear!,someone seems to have let a load of loonytunes jocks out of the glasgow nut house!. not all scots are lonely ol' loonies though,hoy,mclean and edgar scrape through as fairly normal and literate compared to the majority of their countryfolk who scribble and rant & rave on here!. the scots dont mind british funding for sport etc but then want to fly under own flag!illiterate pricks!.

[mtb416]

Hahaha

Your ramblings are reminiscent of what you'd find between a present day pro-Confederate and pro-Union arguing. These people are unaware of the date, and still think the Civil War is being fought, the American one that is.

Now, back on point. It's quite a marvel watching Hoy race. His opponents always seem to be intimidated, perhaps its part of his x-factor?

I'm American, but I will certainly root for Hoy. My family fled England in the 1700s, so I guess I feel some sort of attachment. ha

[D3izHelping]

lol everyone gave me negative feedback...fuck you all you english pricks

[iDevlinnn]

Another talented Scottish guy getting Flamed with the word BRITISH BRITISH....sick of it..

[DeadlyVeggie]

me too. i'm a brit but i'm sick of people competing for another flag. it's all across sport, i wonder why team names are still that city or country and not just what the sponsor names it...

[whitelight29]

@iDevlinnn correct me if I'm wrong...but is scotland not part of britain?

Take rugby as the example - applying what you said is like saying 'Dan Parks is a superb player for Edinburgh, but he gets flamed with the word Scottish! Hoy is merely playing for the available national side!

[mcmarga]

@whitelight29 great britain or the UK is made up from england, wales, scotland and n. ireland

[Skipissatan]

@iDevlinnn Chris has come out to say he's incredibly proud to compete for britain. He races in team events with Jason Kenny and Jamie staff, who won a gold together in the Beijing olympics and they're both English. He's also said that without the facilities in manchester the UK team funding and expertise he would never have won any medals. He's British and Scottish and proud of it, and made this point when the SNP tried to use his success for their own gain. You have no right to say such things.

[ravenreeve]

What a legend!

[willhilsman]

beautiful

[000BHVideos000]

What jokers

[Navyseal925]

im faster

[ericslife]

I thought Hoy's legs would have been bigger. Fun to watch.

[bmk139]

Lol are you kidding? Hoy has 27" thighs.... thats bigger than posh spice's waste!

[bmk139]

And ur obviously a bit thick as you can't even spell 'measurements', lol. The comments about Hoys thigh size were printed in several UK newspapers aswell as the cycling press.

[cooly6543]

well missing out one "e" doesnt make someone thick, as im not in an exam and it was a typo error.

however, ur very gay for looking and finding out the size of his thighs.

[bmk139]

Lol @ your ignorant childish stupidity, you really should get a life. U seem to have a bit of an obsession with homosexuality.

[karimkarimkarim]

i dont have an obsession with homosexuality.

it seems that ur the one who is really interested in men's legs.

now run along.

[bmk139]

Gaylord

[cooly6543]

hhahahhahahaahaahha

gaylord? very original(!)

i used to say that when i was like 9. therefore, i have found out that ur just a stupid little child and i wont carry on arguing with u otherwise i might make u cry.

[bmk139]

Oh and i suppose throwing around homophobic insults to strangers gives u a sense of maturity does it,lol? Get a life you silly little boy

[testeride]

Pretty SHIT for me but good try!

[tooslimpat]

10 quid! he was robbed

[VincentValentine888]

"[...] the brakes didn't work." Well there you go, that's why Chris Hoy won - his track bike has no brakes at all, so he's familiar with the setup. Got to say though, no brakes at over 40mph is a damn sight more scary than no brakes at 12mph!

[naterjack001]

track bikes are 'fixed'. They have a fixed rear wheel. i.e. no freewheel, you brake with you legs.

[dogspawn]

That's racist.

[WilfredsBackUp]

I loved it when James crashed and you could just hear "Where's there's blame, there's a claim!"

Haha.

[jackhon]

it myst be so so so hard to be modest when you are Chris Hoy, I don't know how he manages to be like that in every interview.

[DhiscoStu]

I'm sure it's Chris Hoy rather than James as the info box says. Well done telegraph :P

[Spritzido]

'takes on triple Olympic gold medallist James Hoy'

'Olympic gold medallist James Hoy'

'James Hoy'

Try again, Telegraph!

[vermeergirl]

Cracknell threw his blade at a coach.. hooray..