About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Nicole Cooke, Geraint Thomas, Jimmy Michael, Rebecca James, Matt Brammeier, Simon Richardson, Colin Lewis, Dave Brailsford, Ellen Hunter, Yanto Barker, Luc Jones, Matthew Rowe, Sam Harrison, Luke Rowe, Will Wright, Ruby Miller, Anthony Malarczyk, Alex Greenfield, Rob Partridge, Nina Davies, Paul Esposti, Katie Curtis, Anneliese Heard, Megan Hughes, Julian Winn, Don Skene, Matt Beckett, Louise Jones, Eddie Smart, Huw Pritchard, Sally Hodge, Matt Postle, Clare Greenwood, Jon Mould, Rhys Lloyd, Dafydd Davis, Paul Sheppard, Joby Ingram-Dodd, Steve Paulding, Dale Appleby, Jessica Allen, Ross Reid, Reg Braddick, Sion Jones, Ian Jeremiah, Dave Rand, Roger Pratt, Chris Williams, Craig Cooke, Alun Owen, Penny Edwards, Kara Chesworth, John Dyer. Excerpt: Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion. Cooke was born in Swansea and grew up in Wick, Vale of Glamorgan. She attended Brynteg Comprehensive School in Bridgend, in the year below Gavin Henson. She began cycling at 11, starting at Cardiff Ajax Cycling Club of which she is a life member. At 16 she won her first senior national title, becoming the youngest rider to take the senior women's title at the British National Road Race Championships. At 18 she became the youngest rider to win the senior women's title at the British National Cyclocross Championships. She won four UCI World Championship Junior titles, the road race in 2000 (Plouay, France), and the unique treble of mountain bike (Colorado, USA), time trial and road race (both Lisbon, Portugal) in 2001. As a result of this achievement she was awarded the 2001 Bidlake Memorial Prize for outstanding performance or contribution to British cycling. Cooke turned professional for the Spani...
