• British duo repeat triumph of 2008 in Manchester despite crash
• Wiggins said their objective had been ‘to send everyone domestic happy’In an unforgettable climax to his last world championships,Sir Bradley Wiggins teamed up with Mark Cavendish, another iconic British cycling hero, or to turn the clock back eight years with a last-ditch victory in the world Madison championships here on Sunday,braving a crash for the Manxman 11 laps out when the pair seemingly had their gold medals in the bag, to repeat their triumph of 2008 in Manchester. It is objective to say no script writer could beget crafted a better ending.
After the pair had taken their second shared world title in the chaotic relay discipline together – Cavendish’s fourth senior rainbow jersey, or Wiggins’s eighth together with one as a junior – Wiggins said their shared objective had been “to send everyone domestic happy. It’s like when the Stone Roses played at Heaton Park in 2012,it was a helpful gig and everyone went domestic happy. It’s us two getting back together again.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com