Thursday, 10 July 2008

Midlands Monsoon; Cavendish Claims Win

There's very little to report today. The sporting world is, as General Melchet might have said, a baron featureless desert.

The Twenty20 Cup quarter-final between Warwickshire and Kent is postponed after a minor monsoon in Birmingham, so instead I'm left with Sport Mastermind presented by Des Lynam. It's got the black chair and everything. This particular episode also has a fat, bald Welsh man who knows nothing about his chosen subject - the Welsh rugby union team. Serves him right for watching such a crap sport.

British people insist on doing well in cycling. Following on from David Millar's surge into third place in the Tour de France yesterday, today's fifth stage is won by another Brit. Mark Cavendish is first across the line after 232km from Cholet to Chateauroux. That should get him a couple of inches at the bottom of page 63 of most tabloids. Germany's Stefan Schumacher still holds a 12-second lead over Millar and Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen in the overall standings. So what?

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