on ITV4 now if your interested

Well done Fonzy, big fish a small pond maybe, but he showed them! (Still wont get a BIG team ride tho)

small pond with Lance in it? Why did he pull out at the bottom of St Patrick's?

Probably the same reason that half the field pulled out and the reace was shortened – weather was horrendous.

It wasn't just him, about 50-60 riders pulled out on the final day at various points cos it was unbelievably wet and quite dangerous.

No point crashing and breaking yourself in the last race of the season.

No generally i.e. UK. Lance &co had nothing to gain by finishing-so they didnt bother

After all the breaks from wannabe's and Russ Downing following every one of them, I was delighted to see him take it on from the front. He had the strength and was confident enough in his ability to take go for it………dropping all the saxobank riders etc on the climb 🙂

Best rider won.