cuttsie Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Is Tour de France for amateurs? If not then competitors can't compete in Olympics. Not sure about which country MC would represent though, would imagine Great Britain though on the basis that Andy Murray was Scottish until he started winning then he became British:hihi::hihi: The Tour is mostly pro riders but nothing to stop amateurs riding if they wanted to. The olympics is for both pro and Am but money seems to have taken over nowdays and most competitors recieve some kind of paymant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 England and Wales are Britain. England, Scotland and Wales are Great Britain. Bringing in Northern Ireland makes it "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" or UK as we know it (Look on your passport - it's written there) Thats cleared up then ! but just who would Mark Cavendish represent at the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy69 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Thats cleared up then ! but just who would Mark Cavendish represent at the Olympics. He would represent GB. If it was the commonwhealth games he would Represent IOM (because every body splits off) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 Don't seem to be anymore, they've got sponsors that pay them big money to do what they are good at. Cyclist's in the Tour de France are proffesional cyclists that do it for their day job, and although a lot of them ride for Europian teams etc, the countries where they were born accept them as their own when they win, even though they live and spend most of their lives overseas, nothing would be mentioned if they were crap and came no-where. The Tour de France is that hard an event that to finish last is even a major achievement, how many sports can say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I'm not sure there is such a place as "Britain"I tend to agree, but it can be used as an alternative name for Great Britain, that is: England, Scotland and Wales. This is stated in the Wikipedia article, for example. The "Great" in the name of Great Britain has nothing to do with greatness in the sense of importance etc. - it is simply the largest of the British Isles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 England and Wales are Britain. No, there's no such legal term as 'Britain'. But E&W do form one unit for purposes of legal systems and domicile (private international law). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 The 'GB' or 'UK' problem will recur in the 2012 Olympics if they get their way and foist on us a 'GB' football team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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