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He came second. Probably the best he could hope for from a minority sport compared with the coverage of Mo. Good on him!
When the nominations came out, I couldn't believe Mo Farah was about 5th fave at 10/1. I stuck a fiver on him. He just seemed much more high profile than everyone else.
I've just texted my 5yo grandson in Helensburgh to tell him that the Pirelli cap I gave him a couple of weeks ago used to be Jonny Rea's. (I caught it when he threw it into the crowd at an interview session at Donington a couple of years ago). He'll have a good story to tell his class in the "Show and Tell" lesson this week.
Voting numbers just released by the BBC. Jonathan Rea runner up by less than 3000 or so votes. 83,524 for Mo 80,567 for the great Jonathan Rea. When Andy Murray won it he got over 250,000 votes.
Well done Johhny. Well deserved second place though I think its unfair they are able to shortlist previous winners. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/42387349