{"id":425171,"date":"2026-02-14T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425171\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:57:07","slug":"record-breaking-cyclist-to-be-isle-of-man-sports-awards-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425171\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking cyclist to be Isle of Man sports awards guest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Kent-born cyclist, who earlier this month became the first British man to win the sprint title at the European Track Cycling Championships, said the Isle of Man has &#8220;deep sporting roots&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The island has a storied pedigree in cycling both on and off the track, highlighted by Manxman Mark Cavendish surpassing Eddy Merckx&#8217;s Tour de France stage win record after picking up his 35th stage victory in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The cycle legend, from Laxey, was handed a lifetime achievement award last year at the ceremony, following his retirement from the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former British Road Race Champion, Peter Kennaugh and Lizzie Holden, who competed at the inaugural Tour de France Femmes also hail from the island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Richardson continued: &#8220;It will be my first visit to the island, I can&#8217;t wait to meet the athletes and experience the island&#8217;s sporting culture for a few days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Daphne Caine MHK said Richardson&#8217;s visit would &#8220;inspire athletes and fans alike&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This year&#8217;s award ceremony takes place at the Villa Marina in Douglas on 26 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kent-born cyclist, who earlier this month became the first British man to win the sprint title at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-425171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}