Simon Yates (cyclist) He won the gold medal in the points race at the 2013 Track World Championships.[3] Simon made his breakthrough on the road in 2013 riding for the British national team. Along with brother Adam, he competed at the 2013 Tour de l'Avenir for the Great Britain national team, where Simon won the race's fifth stage, ahead of Adam.[4] Simon added another stage victory the following day,[5] and finished the race tenth overall. He was then selected as part of the British national team to take part in the Tour of Britain.
He competed well throughout the race and on stage six he took his biggest win to date, sprinting clear of a nine man group at the finish, which included Bradley Wiggins and Nairo Quintana.[6][7] Yates finished third overall in the Tour of Britain, and was the best rider in the under-23 classification.[8] The brothers are not related to former cyclist Sean Yates. Yates joined the Australian UCI World Tour team Orica-GreenEDGE in 2014.[2] Victoria Pendleton | World and Olympic Champion - Official Website. Mark Cavendish | Fastest man on two wheels. Fact. Chris Hoy. Jason Kenny. In January 2012, he gained his first world championship title, after Grégory Baugé's results were nullified after a backdated 12-month ban for missing a drugs test, and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) promoted Kenny to the gold medal.[5][6] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold medals in both the team sprint and in the individual sprint, beating Baugé in the final.
[citation needed] Early life[edit] Jason Kenny, the younger of two brothers, attended Mount St Joseph Business & Enterprise College in the Farnworth area of Bolton.[7][8] In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games Kenny visited the school and praised the support he had received from his PE teachers.[7] Future Stars series[edit] 2005–2007[edit] 2008[edit] Kenny was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours[9] and elevated to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.[10][11] 2012 Olympics[edit] 1st. Rebecca James (cyclist) Rebecca Angharad "Becky" James (born 29 November 1991) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling from Abergavenny, Wales.
As of 2013, James is the current world sprint and keirin champion.[4] James rides for Wales and the Great Britain Cycling Team, and currently rides for the Velosure-Giordana Racing Team.[3] James was first spotted by the Welsh Talent Team, she is now a member of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme.[5] Early life[edit] James attended King Henry VIII School Abergavenny.[6] James is the daughter of David James and Christine Harris,[7] and has an older sister, Rachel, who is a racing cyclist,[8] and also has two younger sisters; Ffion and Megan, and a brother, Gareth, who are all keen cyclists. Career[edit] Early career[edit] James started her cycling career at the Abergavenny Road Club.[9] Later in 2009, James won the Daily Telegraph-Aviva Sport Matters Female Pupil of the Year award.[6][12] Professional career[edit] Personal life[edit] 1st Sprint.
Elinor Barker - British Cycling. Elinor started cycling when she was a youngster having seen the Maindy Flyers in action on the way to a swimming class. She soon showed she had talent, winning countless national titles before going on to medal at the Junior TT World Championships in 2011. In 2012, Elinor won the gold medal in the same event making her the Junior World TT Champion. Elinor is also a talented track rider, with perhaps her best result on the track so far being at the 2012 Glasgow World Cup. Elinor stepped up to the challenge of riding the team pursuit with Olympic champions Laura Trott and Dani King with the added pressure of competing in front of an expectant home crowd in which the trio won the Gold medal.
The GB Women's Team Pursuit squad continued their reign of dominance at the second round of the World Cup in Mexico, where Elinor, Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Katie Archibald qualified fastest with the record breaking time of 4:19.115. If you have been inspired to get on a bike... Gold, Team Pursuit. Laura Trott. Laura Trott, OBE (born 24 April 1992) is an elite level English track and road cyclist who specialises in the team pursuit and omnium disciplines. She is the inaugural Olympic champion in both events. Representing Great Britain, Trott is the reigning Olympic and European champion in both events, as well as the reigning four-time World Champion in the team pursuit, and a former World Champion in the omnium. She is the most successful rider, male or female, in the history of the elite European Track Championships, with five titles. Early life[edit] Trott was born a month prematurely in Harlow in Essex with a collapsed lung and was later diagnosed with asthma.
Laura Trott first began cycling when her mother decided to take up the sport to lose weight. Career[edit] Trott is a four time world and three time European champion in the team pursuit. In February 2012, she won the team pursuit at the 2011–2012 Track World Cup in London. Palmarès[edit] British National Track Championships, Junior 1st. Dani King | Olympic Champion, 2 x World Champion and World Record Holder.