WSBK – Jonathan Rea, second British sportsman of the year 2017 – Pre-owned KAWASAKI

Jonathan Rea, second British sportsman of the year 2017

WSBK - Jonathan Rea, second British sportsman of the year 2017 - Pre-owned KAWASAKI

Every year since 1954, the BBC’s sports service has awarded the title of Sports Personality of the Year. In 2017, athlete Mo Farah garnered the most votes from the public, but three-time Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea is not far behind. Sacred JR…

Titled three times in the last four years (2013, 2015 and 2016!) But injured in 2017, tennis player Andy Muray had to cede his crown of "British sportsman of the year" to boxer Anthony Joshua or to Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. .. In any case, this is what the bookmakers were planning !

In the end, BBC Sport viewers preferred Mo Farah: 83,524 people voted yesterday for the Somali-born long-distance and middle-distance runner who has won almost all European, world and Olympic titles over 5,000 and 10,000m between 2010 and 2017…

On the podium, 40 years after Barry Sheene…

Qualified this year by the sports department of the British channel in its list of the twelve best athletes in 2017, Jonathan Rea created a second surprise by collecting 80,567 votes from the public – Scottish, English, Welsh … and North Irish especially ?! -, thus reaching the second step of the podium !

The three-time Superbike world champion (, and) is still becoming a little more legendary of sport – in general, and mechanics in particular – since before him, only three motorcycle riders had managed to climb on the podium of " SPOTY ", for" Sport Personality Of The Year "…

The only rider crowned both in motorcycle Grand Prix and in Formula One, John Surtees – – is also the only "biker" to have won the title of British sportsman of the year: it was in 1959 when he came from ” get his second title in 350 cc and his third in 500 cc.

Five years later, New Zealand’s Barry Briggs was second on the BBC’s podium for his third world title – out of four in all – in Speedway. Finally, "last but not least", was rewarded in 1977 with its second GP500 title by a third place. Jonathan Rea’s second forty years later is all the more beautiful…

WSBK - Jonathan Rea, second British sportsman of the year 2017 - Pre-owned KAWASAKI

Jonathan Rea, WorldSBK Champion 2015, 2016 and 2017:
“I was truly stunned when my name was announced, honestly. Finishing second in a publicly voted on awards ceremony makes me so incredibly humble and I want to say a big thank you to everyone who voted. . I’m sure the phone bills in Northern Ireland are going to be insanely high this Christmas. There are so many superstars in the room, past, present and future, and so many who didn’t make the final list and who perhaps deserved it too: it’s an amazing night for sport, of which the nation can be proud. It’s wonderful to be here tonight to receive this award for my sport, for myself and for my country. I am truly honored to put motorcycling in the spotlight, across the UK. This weekend is the icing on the cake of an incredible 2017 for me. It is also a perfect place to turn the page: I’m leaving for Australia tomorrow to continue re the winter training program and come back stronger in 2018 ".

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