The Breakaway

Acca Due O, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

see also Safi – Pasta Zara

Achterveld Tour, ref1, ref2

Ajax cycling club, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

reliability trial organised by, ref1

Albstadt Frauen-Etappenrennen, ref1

Alexander, Caroline, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Allen, Jess, ref1, ref2, ref3

in Halfords team, ref1

Amstel Gold Race, ref1

see also World Cup

Amy Gillett Foundation, ref1

Amy Gillett Ride, ref1

Anthony, Roy, ref1

Armistead, Lizzie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

in Halfords team, ref1

Campana recruits, ref1

at Italy training camp, ref1

and London Olympic team selection, ref1

in London Olympics, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

as team leader, ref1

media interview of, ref1

recce of World Championships course by, ref1

Armstrong, Kristin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

Armstrong, Lance, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

press eulogies to, ref1

Arndt, Judith, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref1

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref2

Association of British Cycling Coaches (ABCC), ref1

Athlete Charter, ref1

Australian Institute of Sport, ref1

Baccaille, Monia, ref1

Baker, Peter, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bale, Gareth, ref1

Barry, Deidre, ref1

Barry, Michael, ref1

Bartalucci, Dr Fabio, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

BC impressed by, ref1

detention of, ref1

leaves Cervelo, ref1

Bates, Katherine, ref1, ref2

Bates, Natalie, ref1, ref2

Batten, Miriam, ref1

BBC Sports Personality of the Year, ref1

BBC Wales, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

BCF, see British Cycling

Beckingham, Cathie, ref1

Beckingham, Mick, ref1

Bedwell, Nicola, ref1

Beltman, Chantal, ref1, ref2, ref3

Beltman, Ghita, ref1

Berg, Debby van den, ref1

Bessette, Lyne, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

in Athens Olympics, ref1

Beutler, Annette, ref1

Biddescome, Rhianne, ref1, ref1

Bird, Heather, ref1

Blair, Tony, ref1

Blythe, Adam, ref1

Board of British Cycling, ref1

Boardman, Chris, ref1, ref2, ref3

as NC’s coach, ref1, ref2

ends, ref1

Bolzano race, ref1

Boterman, Andrea, ref1

Boué, Pierre, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Boyarskaya, Natalia, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref1

Bradshaw, Toni, ref1

Brailsford, Dave, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

collective letter to, ref1

and London Olympic team selection, ref1

NC seeks support from, ref1

and NC’s comments re Millar, ref1

NC’s meeting with, re formation of new team, ref1

NC’s meeting with, re lack of team manager, ref1

and NC’s skin suit, ref1

and performance-enhancing drugs, ref1

NC’s emails concerning, ref1

taken into custody, ref1

UCI trade team registered by, ref1

and Vision 1 sponsorship, ref1

Brandli, Nicole, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

British Criterium Championships, ref1

British Cycling Federation, see British Cycling

British Cycling (formerly British Cycling Federation (BCF)), ref1

appeals procedure of, ref1

Beijing medical team of, ref1

and British Women’s Open 800-metres, ref1

and British Youth Track Championships, ref1

Campana severs links with, ref1

Campana’s rage against, ref1

changing coaches of, ref1

convenient narrative of, ref1

Cookes’ report prepared for, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Cope dismissed by, ref1

criticism of, post-Beijing, ref1

and Delhi accreditation, ref1

denies assurance of support for NC, ref1

at employment tribunal, ref1

and gender equality, ref1, ref2

Halfords works with, ref1

Italy training camp organised by, ref1

and Junior World Championships, ref1, ref2, ref3

Keen’s resignation as performance director of, ref1

and Lottery funds’ distribution, ref1

men dominate critical roles in, ref1

and Mountain Bike series, ref1

NC’s British Champion honour described as fluke by, ref1

NC’s improving relationships with, ref1

and NC’s Jaguar sponsorship, ref1

and NC’s Sydney exclusion, ref1

and NC’s team idea, ref1

and new manager, cyclists’ demands concerning, ref1

as only organising body, ref1

options for supporting women examined by, ref1

and SDRP, ref1, ref2

and selection criteria, ref1

staff of, and Sky remuneration, ref1

talent ground down by, ref1

Team Agreement of, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

and Tour de France Grand Départ, ref1

unstructured nature of, ref1

British Cycling World Class Performance Programme (BC WCPP), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Brailsford’s changes to, ref1

junior programme removed from, ref1

Keen’s resignation from, ref1

and Lottery funding, removal of, ref1

and professional teams and funding, ref1, ref1

Sutton’s move to, ref1

British Cyclo-Cross Association (BCCA), ref1

Championships of, ref1

British Cyclo-Cross Championships, ref1, ref2

British Mountain Bike Championships, ref1, ref1

British National Championships, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

NC’s formal protest during, ref1

NC’s tenth win in, ref1

postponed, ref1

rescheduled, ref1

Road, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

and team tactics, ref1

Track, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

inaugural, ref1

British Olympic Association (BOA), ref1

British Schools Cycling Association (BSCA), ref1, ref2, ref3

Cyclo-Cross Championships of, ref1

British Schools Cycling Association (BSCA), Cyclo-Cross Championships of, ref1

British Senior Women’s Grass Track event, ref1

British Women’s Open 800-metres, ref1

British Youth Track Championships, ref1

Bronzini, Giorgia, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

in London Olympics, ref1

Brown, Gordon, ref1

Brunger, Tracey, ref1, ref2

Bubnenkova, Svetlana, ref1, ref2

Burnett Prof. Keith, ref1

Burney, Simon, ref1, ref2, ref3

Burt, Phil, ref1

Burton, Beryl, ref1

Calle Williams, María Luisa, ref1

Callicott, Richard, ref1

Campana, Thomas, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

British Cycling fails to reimburse, ref1

complaints of, regarding BC, ref1

and Great Britain National Team, management of, ref1

leaves Univega, ref1

NC ends coaching arrangement with, ref1

NC’s legal battle with, ref1, ref2, ref3

part-time coach taken on by, ref1

second team sponsored by, ref1

severs links with BC, ref1

sponsors sought by, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

and team tactics, ref1

Campbell, Alastair, ref1

Campbell, Helen (grandmother) ref1

Cantele, Noemi, ref1, ref2

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref2

Cappellotto, Alessandra, ref1

Carnevale di Cento, ref1, ref2

Carrigan, Sara, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

in Athens Olympics, ref1

Carter, Sue, ref1

CAS, see Court of Arbitration of Sport

Castilla y Leon, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

see also World Cup

Cavendish, Mark, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Cervelo, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Bartalucci leaves, ref1

Charles, Prince of Wales, ref1

Cheshire classic road race, ref1

Cipollini, Mario, ref1, ref2

Clews, Colin, ref1, ref2

Colclough, Katie, ref1, ref2

in Halfords team, ref1

Colnago, Ernesto, ref1, ref2

Colombian Cycling Federation, ref1, ref2

Commonwealth Games, ref1

1990 (Auckland), ref1

2002 (Manchester), ref1, ref2, ref3

2006 (Melbourne), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

opening ceremony of, ref1

2010 (Delhi), ref1

Commonwealth Games Council for Wales, ref1

Connor, Jeff, ref1

Contador, Alberto, ref1

Cooke, Chris (uncle), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

and Commonwealth Games 2002, ref1, ref2

and NC’s Sochi invitation, ref1

in Plouay, ref1

Cooke, Craig (brother), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

acts as leadout rider, ref1

Alps holidays of, ref1, ref2

in BBC documentary, ref1

and British Mountain Bike Championships, ref1

and Commonwealth Games 2002, ref1

cycles to school, ref1

in cyclo-cross events, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

and family chores, ref1

increasing strength of, ref1

involved in crash, ref1

and Junior World Track Championships, ref1

Melbourne studies of, ref1

NC’s pre-London training with, ref1

in Plouay, ref1

at post-Beijing family reunion, ref1

in school Eisteddfod, ref1

tennis played by, ref1

Cooke, Denise (mother), ref1, ref2 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3

Alps holidays of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

at Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2

and British Mountain Bike Championships, ref1

and car breakdown, ref1

and cars, ref1

and Commonwealth Games 2002, ref1

in cyclo-cross events, ref1, ref2

and cyclo-cross rules, ref1

and family chores, ref1

at Giro d’Italia, ref1, ref2

at Junior World Championships (road race), ref1

and Junior World Track Championships, ref1

and NC’s knee problems, ref1

NC’s pre-Beijing evening with, ref1

and NC’s sponsors, ref1

and performance-enhancing drugs, NC’s promise concerning, ref1

in Plouay, ref1

at post-Beijing family reunion, ref1

and report for British Cycling, ref1, ref2

research by, on abuse of position by male coaches, ref1

in Rotterdam, ref1

tennis played by, ref1

and WCPP, professional teams and funding, ref1

Cooke, Nicole:

and Acca Due O, see Acca Due O

A-level results of, ref1, ref2

Alps holidays of, ref1, ref1

BBC listeners’ vote for, ref1

begins first professional season, ref1; see also Deia-Pragma-Colnago

Beijing medal records achieved by, ref1; see also Olympic Games: 2008

birth of, ref1

British Champion 1999, ref1

broken arm suffered by, ref1

broken collarbone of, ref1, ref2

Buckingham Palace garden party invitation to, ref1

Campana coaching relationship ended by, ref1

in Canada crash, ref1

in competitions and events, see individual competitions and events

contemplates retirement, ref1

cracked skull suffered by, ref1

in cyclo-cross events, ref1, ref1, ref2

damaged bike of, ref1

and Deia-Pragma-Colnago, see Deia-Pragma-Colnago

digital records made by, ref1

Elite Cymru grant for, ref1

ESCA membership of, ref1

ESCA titles won by, ref1

and family chores, ref1

female-rider-of-the-year website accolade for, ref1

first British Helmond winner, ref1; see also Helmond Youth Tour

first classic race of, ref1

first sponsorship for, ref1

foot injury to, ref1, ref2

GCSE results of, ref1

German Sports Press Ball presentation to, ref1

Giro d’Italia age record of, ref1

in Giro del Trentino crash, ref1

in Holland Ladies Tour crash, ref1

hospitalised after Canada crash, ref1

Italian learned by, ref1

Jaguar sponsorship deal of, ref1

junior hat-trick achieved by, ref1

knee problems of, ref1 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

intensive rehab for, ref1

surgery for, ref1, ref2, ref3

London Bike Show invitation to, ref1

Lottery money for, ref1

in Manchester crash, ref1

MBE honour for, ref1

mountain-bike accident of, ref1

National Championships formal protest of, ref1

Olympic champion, ref1; see also Olympic Games: 2008

Olympic entry denied to, ref1

PE textbook picture of, ref1

and performance-enhancing drugs, ref1

plaque in honour of, ref1

at PM’s reception, ref1

in Quebec crash, ref1

Rankin Scholar achievement of, ref1

and report for British Cycling, ref1, ref2

retirement of, ref1

retirement statement of, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

at school, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

in school Eisteddfod, ref1

school trophy success of, ref1

scrapbooks kept by, ref1

and SDRP, ref1, ref2

at Sochi training camp, ref1

Spain crash of, ref1

team-creation project of, see Vision 1 Racing

team-creation project of (later Vision 1 Racing, q.v.), ref1

tennis and netball played by, ref1

UCI rankings’ World No. 1, ref1

university plans shelved by, ref1, ref2

unsuccessful grant applications of, ref1, ref2

unwitting entry change by, ref1

virus suffered by, ref1

Wales represented in cross-country by, ref1

in Wellington crash, ref1

World Cup age record of, ref1; see also World Cup

Wright taken on as coach by, ref1

Cooke, Tony (father), ref1, ref2 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

acts as leadout rider, ref1

Alps holidays of, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

at Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2

and BBC drugs report, ref1

and BC’s Team Agreement, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Brailsford–Campana communication urged by, ref1

Brailsford consults, over BC, ref1, ref2

Brailsford’s correspondence with, re performance-enhancing drugs, ref1

and British Mountain Bike Championships, ref1

and British Women’s Open 800-metres, ref1

and car breakdown, ref1

and cars, ref1

and Commonwealth Games 2002, ref1, ref2

cycles to work, ref1

in cyclo-cross events, ref1, ref2

and cyclo-cross rules, ref1

doubts expressed by, ref1, ref2, ref3

early support for NC from, ref1

early unofficial coaching by, ref1, ref2

and Fabretto, ref1

factory visit by, ref1

and family chores, ref1

and feed zones, ref1

at Giro d’Italia, ref1, ref2

at Junior World Championships (road race), ref1

and Junior World Track Championships, ref1

King’s accusation against, ref1

and Mountain Bike series, ref1

at National Road Race, ref1

NC coached by, ref1, ref1

NC financed by, ref1

and NC’s knee problems, ref1

NC’s meeting with, re lack of team manager, ref1

NC’s pre-Beijing evening with, ref1

Nicholl asks opinion of, ref1

on tandem with NC, ref1

and Page, ref1

part-time jobs of, ref1

and performance-enhancing drugs, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

NC’s promise concerning, ref1

in Plouay, ref1

portable generator of, ref1

at post-Beijing family reunion, ref1

and report for British Cycling, ref1, ref2

research by, on abuse of position by male coaches, ref1

in Rotterdam, ref1

Scott’s meeting with, ref1

and Sutton, ref1

as tactician, ref1

teaching posts of, ref1, ref2

at Tour of Flanders, ref1

and UK Sport’s bungling, ref1

and WCPP, professional teams and funding, ref1

works with WCU on programme for Welsh riders, ref1

and World Junior Road Race Championships, ref1

Cookson, Brian, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Cope, Simon, ref1, ref2, ref3

BC dismisses, ref1

Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), ref1, ref2, ref3

Cox, Leda, ref1

Craythorn, Dan (cousin), ref1, ref2

Craythorn, Karen (aunt), ref1, ref2

Craythorn, Sean (cousin), ref1, ref2

Craythorn, Stephanie (cousin), ref1, ref2

Cummings, Stephen, ref1

Curtis, Katie, ref1

in Halfords team, ref1

Cycling Weekly, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Cyclingnews.com, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Cyclo-Cross World Championships, ref1, ref2

Davies, Emma, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Davies, Lynn, ref1, ref2

Davies, Nina, ref1, ref2, ref3

Day, Gabriella, ref1

Dazzani, William, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Deia-Pragma-Colnago, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Dazzani joins, ref1

NC begins work with, ref1

NC’s deal with, ref1

NC’s last race of season for, ref1

and NC’s unwitting team switch, ref1

Zauli’s departure from, ref1, ref2

DelaRonde, Del, ref1, ref2, ref3

Delgado, Pedro, ref1

Dixon, Claire, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Dominion Football Association, ref1

doping, see erythropoietin; performance-enhancing drugs

Doppmann, Priska, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

Dowling, Ron, ref1, ref2

Downing, Russell, ref1

Drug-Free Sport (later UK Anti-Doping Agency, q.v.), ref1, ref2

Durango, ref1

Düster, Sarah, ref1, ref1, ref2

Eadon, Martin, ref1, ref2

Edwards, Penny, ref1, ref2

Egyed, Nikki, ref1

Elite Cymru, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Ellingworth, Rod, ref1

Elliott, Malcolm, ref1

Ellway, Ruth, ref1

Emakumeen Bira, ref1, ref1, ref2

Emmerson, Ian, ref1

Energiewacht Tour of Holland, ref1

English Schools Cycling Association (ESCA), ref1

name change of, ref1; see also British Schools Cycling Association

NC becomes member of, ref1

training weekend of, ref1

EPO, see erythropoietin

Équipe Nürnberger, ref1

Erlank, Anke, ref1, ref2

erythropoietin (EPO), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

new test for, ref1

see also performance-enhancing drugs

Everson, Wendy, ref1, ref2

Exergy Tour, ref1

Fabretto, Luciano, ref1

Fabretto, Maurizio, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

and Calle Williams, ref1, ref2

confidence and charm of, ref1

and Giro win, ref1

Heal taken on by, ref1

lack of tactical direction from, ref1

NC chosen for bottle photo by, ref1

NC meets, ref1

NC thanks, ref1

and NC’s decision not to re-sign, ref1

and NC’s knee injury, ref1, ref2

NC’s stand-off with, ref1

Fanini, Michela, ref1

Farah, Mo, ref1

Ferrier-Bruneau, Christel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Festina scandal, ref1, ref2, ref3

as watershed, ref1

Flèche Wallonne, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

see also World Cup

Foord, Gary, ref1, ref2, ref3

4th Memorial Pasquale di Carlo, ref1

Fraser, Angus, ref1, ref2

French Cycling Federation, ref1

Froome, Chris, ref1, ref2

Fuentes, Dr Eufemiano, ref1

Garner, Jackie, ref1

Geelong Tour, ref1

German Cycling Federation, ref1

German Sports Press Ball, ref1

Ghillioni, Giancarlo, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Giacomazzi, Mauro, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

serious crash involving, ref1

Gilfillan, Ceris, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

retirement of, ref1, ref2

Gillett, Amy, ref1

Gilmore, Rochelle, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Giro del Veneto Femminile, ref1

Giro della Romagna, ref1

Giro d’Italia, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

NC youngest winner of, ref1

reduced length of, ref1

Giro di Toscana, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Giro del Trentino, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

global financial crisis, ref1

Goldsmith, Charlotte, ref1

GP Castenaso, ref1, ref2

GP Costa Etrusca, ref1, ref2

GP Gatineau, ref1

GP Roeselare, ref1

GP Rosignano, ref1, ref2

Grab, Sarah, ref1

Gran Fondo, ref1, ref2

Grand Prix du Quebec, ref1

Grassi, Guiseppina, ref1

Great Britain:

and BC’s Team Agreement, ref1, ref2

Campana agrees to manage, ref1

NC unknowingly rides for, ref1

in Olympics, see Olympic Games

riders excluded from, ref1

selection criteria for, ref1

Tuscany team-house possibility for, ref1

in Tuscany training camp, ref1

underperformance of, ref1

see also individual competitions and events

Greenfield, Alex, ref1

Greenfield, Geoff, ref1, ref2

Grey-Thompson, Tanni, ref1

Griffiths, Phil, ref1, ref2

Griffith, Ridley, ref1

Griffiths, Wyn, ref1

Guardian, ref1

Guderzo, Tatiana, at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref1, ref2

Halfords, ref1

NC’s debut race for, ref1

team launch, ref1

Hall, Mike, ref1

Hall-Patch, Clare, ref1, ref2

Hamburger, Bo, ref1

Hamel, Menna, ref1

Hamilton, Tyler, ref1, ref2, ref3

Hammond, Roger, ref1, ref2

Hare (later Williamson), Catherine, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

in Halfords team, ref1

Harris, Nikki, ref1

at Italy training camp, ref1

Hayles, Rob, ref1, ref2, ref3

Haynes, Hamish, ref1

Heal, Rachel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24

Acca Due O place of, ref1

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

first international win of, ref1

at Italy training camp, ref1

Lottery funding removed from, ref1

national team causes concern for, ref1

reduced form of, ref1

in Tuscany training camp, ref1

Heard, Anneliese, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

cycling quit by, ref1

Helmond Youth Tour, ref1, ref2, ref3

NC first British winner of, ref1

Hemsley, Margaret, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Henson, Gavin, ref1

Herety, John, ref1

Hill, Peg, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

book co-authored by, ref1

no longer coach, ref1, ref2

Hincapie, George, ref1

Hodges, Mrs (teacher), ref1

Holland Ladies Tour, ref1

Holmes, Kelly, ref1

Holt, Melissa, ref1

Houvenaghel, Wendy, ref1, ref2

in Halfords team, ref1

Howley, Rob, ref1, ref2

Hoy, Chris, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

at PM’s reception, ref1

Huget, Sonia, ref1

Hughes, Clara, ref1, ref2, ref3

human growth hormone, ref1

see also performance-enhancing drugs

Humphrys, Bob, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3

Hunt, Amy, ref1

Hunt, Dan, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

NC’s meeting with, re lack of team manager, ref1

Ingham, Philip, ref1, ref2, ref3

Inside Edge, ref1

International Olympic Committee (IOC), ref1, ref2

Inverdale, John, ref1

Italian Olympic Committee, ref1

Itturiaga, Eneritz, ref1

Ives, Mick, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Jaguar, ref1

James, Sophie, see Moore, Sophie

‘Jan of Skipton’, ref1

Jankowski, Michael, ref1

Januleviciute, Indre, ref1

Jaques, Dr Rod, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Jeanson, Genevieve, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Cyclingnews.com interview of, ref1

and haematocrit levels, ref1

Johansson, Emma, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref1

Jones, Carwyn, ref1

Jones, Huw, ref1

Jones, Louise, ref1, ref2, ref3

Jones, Mandy, ref1, ref2

Jones, Phil, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Jones, Rebecca, ref1

Jude, Lucy, ref1

Junior Nations Track competition, ref1

Junior World Pursuit, ref1

Junior World Time-Trial and Road Race, ref1

Junior World Time-Trial Championships, ref1

Junior World Triathlon, ref1, ref2

Kachalka, Nataliya, ref1

Karami, Miyoko, ref1, ref2

Keen, Peter, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

and BC’s denial of assurance of support for NC, ref1

and BC’s Team Agreement, ref1, ref2

resignation of, from BC, ref1

and WCPP, professional teams and funding, ref1, ref2

Kenderis, Konstandinos, ref1, ref2

Kent County Football Association, ref1

Kent Ladies Football Club, ref1

Kerr, Dick, ref1

Kiesanowski, Joanne, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Kimmage, Paul, ref1

King, Dani, ref1

King of the Mountains, ref1

King, Peter, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

and WCPP, professional teams and funding, ref1

Koedooder, Vera, ref1

Kumpfernagel, Hanka, ref1

LA Confidential (Walsh), ref1

Lacambra, Manel, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Lacquaniti, Fortunato, ref1, ref2, ref3

Landis, Floyd, ref1, ref2

Landon, Chris, ref1

Laws, Sharon, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Beijing crash of, ref1

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3

and Beijing tactics meeting, ref1

Campana recruits, ref1

leg injury to, ref1

Lecourtois, Fany, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

L’Équipe, ref1

Leijen, Joost van, ref1

Livesey, Alison, ref1

Ljungskog, Susanne, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

in Athens Olympics, ref1

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

London Bike Show, ref1

Longo, Jeannie, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

in Athens Olympics, ref1

Luperini, Fabiana, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

McClelland, Kathryn, ref1, ref2

McClelland, Sean, ref1, ref2

McDonald, Warren, ref1, ref2

MacGregor, Helen, ref1, ref2

McGregor, Yvonne, ref1 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

retirement of, ref1

Maertens, William, ref1

Magali Pache, ref1, ref2, ref3

Marshall, Jacqui, ref1

Martin, Lucy, ref1, ref2, ref3

in London Olympics, ref1, ref2

Matheson, Ken, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Mayho, Hannah, ref1

Melchers, Mirjam, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2

Mellor, Dave, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

and BC’s Team Agreement, ref1

cunning plan of, ref1

Merckx, Eddie, ref1, ref2

Mick Ives Cycles, ref1

Mildenhall festival, ref1, ref2, ref3

Miles, Jon, ref1, ref2

Milioni, Luigi, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

NC’s calls ignored by, ref1

Milk Race, ref1

Millar, David, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

arrest of, ref1, ref2

gendarmerie search house of, ref1

Millar, Fran, ref1

Millar, Robert, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Millward, Anna, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Möhlmann, Plueni, ref1

Montreal, ref1

Montreal GP, ref1

Moore (née James), Sophie, ref1, ref2

Moorsel, Leontien van, ref1, ref2

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2

National Championships, see British National Championships

National Lottery, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Neben, Amber, ref1, ref2, ref3

Newstead, Frances, ref1

Newton, Chris, ref1, ref2

Nicholl, Liz, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Niggli, Oliver, ref1

Nonna, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Nürnberger team:

collapse of, ref1

NC signed by, ref1

Obree, Graeme, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Olds, Shelley, ref1

Oleg (mechanic, driver), ref1, ref2

Olympic Games:

1984 (Los Angeles), and first women’s cycling event, ref1, ref2

1992 (Barcelona), ref1

1996 (Atlanta), ref1

2000 (Sydney), ref1, ref2, ref3

Canada race in preparation for, ref1

NC precluded from, ref1, ref1

selection criteria issued for, ref1

2004 (Athens), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

lack of spectators at, ref1

NC’s training for, ref1

temperatures during, ref1

2008 (Beijing), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

BC criticised after, ref1

BC medical team for, ref1

Cardiff ‘welcome home’ after, ref1

celebrations after, ref1

Cooke family reunion after, ref1

Cookes’ get-together on eve of, ref1

lack of spectators at, ref1, ref2

large British roster for, ref1

medal ceremony at, ref1

men’s road race at, ref1

NC’s medal records at, ref1

NC’s preparation for, ref1, ref1

NC’s preparation on site for, ref1

NC’s race bike for, ref1

NC’s recce of, ref1, ref2

opening ceremony of, ref1

practice sprint at, ref1

road-race course of, ref1

tactics meetings for, ref1, ref2

2012 (London), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Box Hill, ref1, ref2, ref3

crashes during, ref1

Millar returns to ride in, ref1

NC learns of selection for, ref1

NC’s Australia preparation for, ref1

race begins, ref1

race ends, ref1

selection for, in Spain, ref1

team-selection issues concerning, ref1

charter of, ref1

first women’s cycling event at, ref1, ref2

ruling committee of (IOC), see International Olympic Committee

and team size, ref1

UCI raises age-limits question concerning, ref1

Open de Suède, ref1, ref1, ref2

see also World Cup

Operation Puerto, ref1, ref2, ref3

Oppelt, Alexander, ref1

Owen, Bill, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Owen, Richard, ref1, ref1

Page, Keiran, ref1

Page, Russell, ref1

Palmer-Komar, Sue, ref1, ref2, ref3

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2

Pantani, Marco, ref1

Parente, Simona, ref1

Pendleton, Victoria, ref1, ref2, ref3

performance-enhancing drugs (PED), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

and athletes’ absence from tests, ref1

effects of, on women’s cycling, ref1

and Festina scandal, ref1, ref2

as watershed, ref1

marketing and sponsorship hit by, ref1

omertà concerning, ref1

and ‘whereabouts’ system, ref1

see also erythropoietin

Peters, Steve, ref1, ref2, ref3

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

NC’s meeting with, re lack of team manager, ref1

Pincombe, Vicki, ref1

Pintos, Valeria, ref1

Plouay, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

see also World Cup

Polikeviciute, Jolanta, ref1, ref1, ref2

Polikeviciute, Rasa, ref1, ref2, ref3

Pooley, Emma, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3

and Beijing tactics meeting, ref1

Beijing training of, ref1

at Italy training camp, ref1

in London Olympics, ref1, ref2

sewing-kit rescue by, ref1

Porter, Hugh, ref1

Pound, Dick, ref1

Pratt, Roger, ref1

Price, Chris, ref1, ref2

Price, Jason, ref1

Primavera Rosa, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3

see also World Cup

Pring, Jill, ref1

Pucinskaite, Edita, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

in Athens Olympics, ref1

Pyrenees stage race, ref1

rainbow jersey, ref1

‘curse’ of, ref1, ref2

Raleigh UK, ref1, ref2, ref3

Ras de Cymru, ref1

Redlands Classic, ref1

Reekie-May, Roz, ref1

Reynolds, Sarah, ref1

Rhodes, Alexis, ref1

Ricci, Maurizio, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Ricci, Walter, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Riccò, Ricardo, ref1

Rickards, Emma, ref1, ref2

Riis, Bjarne, ref1

Rixon, Walter, ref1, ref2, ref3

Robinson, Louise, ref1

Ronde van Drenthe, ref1, ref1

see also World Cup

Rossner, Petra, ref1, ref2

Rourke, Brian, ref1, ref2, ref3

Rowe, Courtney, ref1

Rowe, Luke, ref1

Rowsell, Jo, in Halfords team, ref1

Ruano, Dori, ref1, ref2

Sadlecka, Magdalena, ref1, ref2

Safi – Pasta Zara:

NC’s decision not to re-sign with, ref1

unveiling of name of, ref1

see also Acca Due O

St Pierre, Roger, ref1

San Francisco Grand Prix, ref1, ref2

Sanchez, Samuel, ref1

Saugy, Dr, ref1

Saunders, Greg, ref1, ref2

Saunders, Helen, see Wyman, Helen

Schleicher, Regina, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Schnider, Pascale, ref1, ref2

Scholar’s 3-Day Race, ref1

Sciandri, Max, ref1, ref2, ref3

Scott, John, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Sears, Melanie, ref1

Senff, Theresa, ref1

Skyter, ref1

Slater, Tanja, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

at Italy training camp, ref1

quits competitive cycling, ref1

Slyusareva, Olga, ref1

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2, ref3

Soeder, Christiane, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

Somarriba, Joane, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2, ref3

Southam, Tom, ref1, ref2

Sport Psychology for Cyclists (Miller, Hill), ref1

Sports Council for Wales, ref1

Sports Disputes Resolution Panel (SDRP), ref1

Stahurskaya, Zinaida, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

banned, ref1

Stannard, Ian, ref1, ref2

Stapleton, Bob, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Steffen, Caroline, ref1

Stevens, Evelyn, ref1

Sturgess, Colin, ref1

Sundstedt, Pia, ref1

Sutton, Shane, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

experience, knowledge and achievements of, ref1

and London Olympic team selection, ref1

NC’s meeting with, re lack of team manager, ref1

NC’s up-and-down relations with, ref1

NC’s Perth meeting with, ref1

Olympic tactics meetings called by, ref1, ref2

post-World Championship meeting called by, ref1

in Tour de France, ref1

UK Sport Coach of the Year, ref1

and Welsh development programme, ref1

Welsh Sport Coach of the Year, ref1

World Championships practice approval refused by, ref1

Swift, Ben, ref1

Symington, Sara, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

in Athens Olympics, ref1, ref2

Team Sky, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Teutenberg, Ina-Yoko, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Thanou, Ekaterini, ref1, ref2

Thomas, Geraint, ref1, ref2

Thomas, Marshall, ref1

Thürig, Karin, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6 passim, ref1, ref2

in Athens Olympics, ref1

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen, ref1, ref2

Today, ref1

Tour of Bretagne, ref1

Tour of Flanders, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

see also World Cup

Tour de France, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

and Festina scandal, ref1, ref2, ref3

as watershed, ref1

London Grande Départ of (2007), ref1

NC first British woman winner of, ref1

no women’s (2004), ref1

and Operation Puerto, ref1

and performance-enhancing drugs, ref1

Tour of Gila, ref1

Tour of Holland, ref1, ref2

Tour de l’Ardeche, ref1

Tour de L’Aude, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3

last of, ref1

Tour of Qatar, ref1

Tour de Snowy, ref1

Townley, Mike, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Traxel, Sonja, ref1

Trofeo Alfredo Binda, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

see also World Cup

Trofeo Citta di Rosignano, ref1

Trott, Emma, ref1

in Halfords team, ref1

Tudor, Darren, ref1

Turato, Gessica, ref1

Turnbull-Cooke, Sebastien, ref1

Tym, Jo, ref1

Tym, John, ref1

UK Anti-Doping Agency (formerly Drug-Free Sport, q.v.), ref1, ref2, ref3

UK Sport, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

and Athlete Charter, ref1

intransigence of, ref1

and Lottery funds’ distribution, ref1

and performance-enhancing drugs, ref1

and SDRP, ref1, ref2

and WCPP, professional teams and funding, ref1

Ullrich, Jan, ref1, ref2

Ulmer, Sarah, ref1, ref2, ref3

Union Cycliste International (UCI), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

commission on women’s road racing set up by, ref1

and Olympic age limits, ref1

and performance-enhancing drugs, ref1, ref2

rule change by, ref1

rules of, ref1

sexism of, ref1

Univega Pro Cycling, ref1, ref1, ref2

Campana parts company with, ref1

Campana threatens to disband team of, ref1

Urbonaite, Zita, ref1

US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), ref1

Valverde, Alejandro, ref1

Vandekerckhove, Juliette, ref1

Verbiest (UCI solicitor), ref1

Verbruggen, Hein, ref1, ref2

Verdon, Peter, ref1

Verhoeven, Aurore, ref1

Verroken, Michele, ref1, ref2

Villumsen, Linda, ref1, ref2

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

Vision 1 Racing:

closing-down of, ref1

costs of running, ref1

creation of, ref1; see also Cooke, Nicole: team-creation project of

first races of, ref1

force to be reckoned with, ref1

on Spanish circuit, ref1

two national champions in, ref1

Vleuten, Annemiek van, ref1

Voronin, Anatoly, ref1, ref2

Vos, Marianne, ref1, ref1 passim, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref2, ref3

in London Olympics, ref1, ref2

success puts pressure on, ref1

tactics explained by, ref1

three-times Flèche winner, ref1

Vzesniauskaite, Modesta, ref1, ref2, ref3

at Beijing Olympics, ref1

WADA, see World Anti-Doping Agency

Wales Today, ref1, ref2

Walser, Andy, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

and performance-enhancing drugs, ref1

Walsh, David, ref1, ref2

Walsh, Mrs (teacher), ref1

Ward, Michelle, ref1

Washington Post, ref1

WCPP, see British Cycling World Class Performance Programme

Webb, Dr Jonathan, ref1, ref2, ref3

Webb, Lorna, ref1

Wegelius, Charlie, ref1

Welsh Championships, ref1

Welsh Cycling Union (WCU), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Welsh Institute of Sport, ref1

Welsh Joint Examination Council, ref1

Welsh Sports Council, ref1

Welsh Under-12 Championships, ref1, ref2

Wenzel, René, ref1

Whitelaw, Vicki, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Wide-Eyed and Legless (Connor), ref1

Wiggins, Bradley, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Wild, Kirsten, ref1

Williams, Gareth, ref1

Williams, JPR, ref1

Williamson, Catherine, ref1

Winn, Julian, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref1

Italy training camp run by, ref1

and NC’s knee injury, ref1

Wloszczowska, Maja, ref1, ref2, ref3

women’s soccer, ref1

Wood, Oenone, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

in Athens Olympics, ref1

NC congratulates, ref1

second World Cup win for, ref1, ref2

Stapleton signs, ref1

Wooles, Richard, ref1

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

see also performance-enhancing drugs

World Championships, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24

Canada race in preparation for, ref1

Cheshire selection event for, ref1

flattest course, ref1

Geelong variation, ref1

knee problems keep NC from, ref1

Mountain Bike, GB’s appalling record in, ref1

NC allowed to enter, ref1

NC deselects herself from, ref1

NC drops out of, ref1

NC’s first, ref1

NC’s junior hat-trick rounded off by, ref1

NC’s preparation for, ref1

NC’s recce of course for, ref1, ref1, ref2

as opinion-forming event, ref1

qualification requirements for, ref1

Time-Trial:

junior, ref1

senior, ref1

woeful senior women’s team in, ref1

World Cup, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Amstel Gold Race, ref1

Bern, ref1

Castilla y León, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Flèche Wallonne, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Geelong, ref1, ref2, ref3

Manchester, ref1, ref1

Montreal, ref1, ref2, ref3

Mountain Bike, ref1

NC youngest to clinch, ref1

NC’s Canada accident during, ref1

Newport, ref1, ref2

Nuremberg, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Open de Suède, ref1, ref1, ref2

Plouay, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Primavera Rosa, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3

races outside Europe lost to, ref1

Ronde van Drenthe, ref1, ref1

Rotterdam, ref1, ref2, ref3

stage race that accompanies, ref1

Team Time-Trial, ref1

Tour of Flanders, ref1

Trofeo Alfredo Binda, ref1

Wellington, ref1, ref1

World Cup (soccer), England’s exit from, ref1

Worrack, Trixi, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref2

Wright, Gordon, ref1, ref2, ref3

Wyman (née Saunders), Helen, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

in Tuscany training camp, ref1

Wyman, Stefan, ref1, ref2, ref3

Yerby, Hazel and Maurice (grandparents), ref1, ref2, ref3

Youth Week, ref1

Zabelinskaya, Olga, ref1

in London Olympics, ref1

Zabirova, Zulfiya, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

at Beijing Olympics, ref1, ref2

Zabriskie, David, ref1

Zauli, Giorgio, ref1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Ziliute, Diana, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Zugno, Anna, ref1

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