Yep, bad timing for this award I guess. His heroics were too late for the nominations last year and, as you say, a bit too long ago for this year. Not that I think they'll be too upset about that.

bumping this up ahead of tommorrows awards

must have been a flaw in the bbc computer system since they moved to manchester. someone who deserves it actually won this year. well done cav, now for the Olympics

here's the breakdown of the vote if anyone's interested

Mark Cavendish 169,152 (49.47%)
Darren Clarke 42,188 (12.34%)
Mo Farah 29,780 (8.71%)
Luke Donald 23,854 (6.98%)
Andy Murray 18,754 (5.48%)
Andrew Strauss 17,994 (5.26%)
Alastair Cook 13,038 (3.81%)
Rory McIlroy 11,915 (3.48%)
Dai Greene 9,022 (2.64%)
Amir Khan 6,262 (1.83%)

My first thought is that despite the BBC attempting to jazz this event up it has become a sterile event. I remember BBS SPOTY of years past which were enjoyable events. Fun demonstrations, poking fun at sport etc etc. I think that the numbers of people voting represents a serious drop in people watching as a result.

My 2nd thought is 'YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS - get in there Cav'. Great result for cycling in the UK. A road racer winning SPOTY is fantastic. And an added bonus for me having been betting on him to win since June. Kerching!!

Khan came last? FANTASTIC!!!

Deserved winner in Cavendish, but Mo Farah should have finished above Clarke for me.