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Sir Jason Francis Kenny (born 23 March 1988) is a British former [2] track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints.Kenny is the holder of most Olympic gold medals (7) and medals (9) for a British athlete.
Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988 [3]) is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road.. Her greatest successes were the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as five World Championship titles, four in the team pursuit (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014) plus one in the ...
Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny, [3] (née Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a former British professional track and road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines.
A group of cyclists cycling in a close knit formation akin to a road race, normally for the purposes of training. [12] Chain slap Annoying slapping of the bike's chain against the chainstays while riding over rough terrain. [30] Chain suck The tendency of a chain to stick to chainrings and be sucked up into the bike instead of coming off the ...
Stephen Roche (/ ˈ r oʊ tʃ /; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist.In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only three cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia general classification, plus the World road race championship, the others being Eddy Merckx and Tadej Pogačar.
Graeme Obree (born 11 September 1965 [1]), nicknamed The Flying Scotsman, after the famous steam train, is a Scottish racing cyclist who twice broke the world hour record, in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995.
Victoria Louise Pendleton (born 24 September 1980) is a British former track cyclist who specialised in the sprint, team sprint and keirin disciplines. She is a former Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion. With two Olympic gold medals and one silver, Pendleton is one of Great Britain's most successful female Olympians.
Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cycling discipline.