Nicole Cooke

andy_winch

Okay, so she`s the most successful uk female cyclist at the moment, has about a dozen massive awards to her name, but nobody seems to mention her on this forum. Well, I met her today, outside Bikehut at St.Pauls in London, and what a truely nice person she is ! Go Nicole, Go !

peanut

She's amazing I have followed her career for years and she is a fantastic abassador for cycling. Incredible determination. I think she's fab Just wish our girls got a fraction of the TV coverage of blasted snooker grrrrrr

andy_winch

Agreed ! Cycling doesn`t get the coverage it should !

Robspedding

We'll be running an interview with Nicole in issue 213 of Cycling Plus. Dep Ed Neil was up at that very Bikehut yesterday...

sloboy

In the public perception, I don't suppose she is the most successful female cyclist - Vicky Pendleton is, and in a couple of months time, Rebecca Romero may be or even Shanaze Reade.

The biggest feasible target for any of the current UK riders is an Olympic gold, and although Nicole Cooke may arguably be our most successful road cyclist in the last 20 years, she's well to the back of our crowd of Olympic hopefuls.

vermooten

She's not great PR-wise is she. Great cyclist yes, but she doesn't come across well, not sure why. A bit dour, maybe.

Smokin Joe

sloboy wrote:

In the public perception, I don't suppose she is the most successful female cyclist - Vicky Pendleton is, and in a couple of months time, Rebecca Romero may be or even Shanaze Reade.

The biggest feasible target for any of the current UK riders is an Olympic gold, and although Nicole Cooke may arguably be our most successful road cyclist in the last 20 years, she's well to the back of our crowd of Olympic hopefuls.

Depends.

Personally, I would put success on the road far ahead of that on the track. In the great scheme of things, track racing is very second division.

System_1

But track racing is easy to watch though isn't it. Little chunks of pretty hardcore racing lasting a couple of minutes at a time instead of hours and hours of mostly dull riding with the odd breakaway or finish line sprint. It's easy to see why the non-cycling public find track racing (and therefore track riders) more popular.

bagpusscp

Smokin Joe wrote:

sloboy wrote:

In the public perception, I don't suppose she is the most successful female cyclist - Vicky Pendleton is, and in a couple of months time, Rebecca Romero may be or even Shanaze Reade.

The biggest feasible target for any of the current UK riders is an Olympic gold, and although Nicole Cooke may arguably be our most successful road cyclist in the last 20 years, she's well to the back of our crowd of Olympic hopefuls.

Depends.

Personally, I would put success on the road far ahead of that on the track. In the great scheme of things, track racing is very second division.

Tell that the present GB track squad! Remember past household name Reg Harris and Hugh Porter WORLD CHAMPIONS .second fiddle ?I think not

DavidBelcher

bagpusscp wrote:

Remember past household name Reg Harris and Hugh Porter WORLD CHAMPIONS .second fiddle ?I think not

Absolutely - in the '50s, Harris was a household name in sport as much as the likes of, to pick two random examples, Roger Bannister or Billy Wright.

David

andy_winch

vermooten wrote:

She's not great PR-wise is she. Great cyclist yes, but she doesn't come across well, not sure why. A bit dour, maybe.

She came across really nice when I met her, she was a really nice person, easy to talk to, and down to earth, all in all a very nice girl.