Last night (Thursday) was a special one for Manx cycling sprint stars.

While Mark Cavendish was in London at the premiere of "Chasing Legends" - a documentary which followed his HTC-Columbia team during last year’s Tour de France, Steve Joughin was at Waterstones in Strand Street signing copies of his autobiography "Pocket Rocket".

Joughin enjoyed great success as a professional rider in the 1980's - he believes Cav will achieve plenty more before the end of his career, and claim a leading place in the history of the sport:-