Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins established himself as one of the world’s finest track endurance riders by collecting six Olympic medals across three Games, including individual pursuit gold at Athens 2004 and individual pursuit gold and team pursuit gold at Beijing ...
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Chris Froome
Chris Froome was born in Kenya but in 2008 he chose to ride under a British licence. In 2010 Froome joined Team Sky and his best career performance came at the 2011 Vuelta a Espana where he came second – levelling the best Grand Tour finish by a Brit...
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David Millar
David Millar is the only British rider to have worn all four jerseys during the Tour de France and all three of the leader’s jerseys in the Grand Tours. Millar has won two world time trial silver medals and time trial gold and road race bronze at the...
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Emma Pooley
Emma Pooley helped Nicole Cooke to road race gold at Beijing 2008 before following up with time trial silver. In 2010 Pooley was crowned world time trial champion and in 2011 she won the Tour de l’Ardeche, finished second in the Giro d’Italia a...
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Ian Stannard
The recently crowned British road race champion, Ian Stannard played a key role in helping Mark Cavendish to Great Britain’s first world road title for 46 years last September. He demonstrated his domestique qualities in working for Cavendish in thE ...
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Lizzie Armitstead
Lizzie Armitstead’s breakthrough on the road came in the 2008-9 season with a stage win in the Tour de l’Ardeche and she wore the white jersey in the Giro d’Italia. In 2012 she won both the Omloop van het Hageland and the Gent-Wevelgem ra...
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Lucy Martin
Lucy Martin is the youngest of the women’s road quartet and like Lizzie Armitstead and Emma Pooley, she rides for AA Drink–leontien.nl. Spotted at the age of 15, she joined British Cycling’s Academy programme soon after. In 2010 she wore ...
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Mark Cavendish
Sprinter Mark Cavendish shot to fame with four wins in the Tour de France in 2008, while he began this year’s race with 20 stage wins to his name. In 2011 he became the first Brit to ever win the green jersey in the Tour de France while he is also...
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Nicole Cooke
Nicole Cooke won Great Britain’s first gold medal in Beijing, adding the Olympic road race title to her world crown that she had claimed that year. On top of that she has also won two bronze medals and a silver at world level while she claimed Common...
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