World road race champion Mark Cavendish claimed Britain’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year award on Thursday, beating off competition in a public vote from golfer Darren Clarke and athlete Mo Farah. The 26-year-old, also the Tour de France’s green jersey winner, became only the second road cyclist to take the award, following the late Tommy Simpson’s win in 1965. Northern Irish golfer Clarke, this year’s British Open champion, was voted into second place with world 5,000 metres gold medallist Farah third.
