Project Rainbow (31 page)

Read Project Rainbow Online

Authors: Rod Ellingworth

BOOK: Project Rainbow
9.86Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
  1. UK Sport,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  2. UK Sports Institute (UKSI),
    1
  3. UKSI bike,
    1
  4. Ultegra kit bikes,
    1
  5. under-23
    1. European track championships,
      1
    2. Giro,
      1
    3. world road championships,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
  6. Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI),
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  7. US Postal Service team,
    1
  8. UV Aube,
    1
    ,
    2
  9. UVC Aube,
    1
    ,
    2
  1. Valencia (Spain),
    1
  2. Van Eijden, Jan,
    1
  3. Varese (Italy),
    1
  4. Varley, Christian,
    1
    ,
    2
  5. Victoria Carnival races,
    1
  6. Vinci climb (Italy),
    1
  7. Vinokourov, Alexander,
    1
  8. Vitoria (Spain),
    1
  9. Vodafone stadium (Melbourne),
    1
  10. Vuelta a España,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
  1. Wales,
    1
    ,
    2
  2. Walker, Chris,
    1
    ,
    2
  3. Wallace, Owen,
    1
  4. Walsh, Charlie,
    1
  5. Wegelius, Charly,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  6. West, Phil,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  7. Whaley Bridge,
    1
  8. White, Chris,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
  9. White, Matt,
    1
  10. White, Tom,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
  11. Wiesenhof,
    1
  12. Wigan,
    1
  13. Wiggins, Sir Bradley,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
    ,
    11
    ,
    12
    1. 2011 Worlds,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
    2. 2012 Olympics,
      1
      ,
      2
    3. 2012 Worlds,
      1
    4. 2016 Worlds,
      1
    1. absent from Mendrisio meeting,
      1
    2. ambition,
      1
    3. camp non-attender,
      1
    4. at circuits near Jodrell Bank,
      1
    5. compared with Cav,
      1
    6. Copenhagen 2011,
      1
    7. Dauphiné Libéré,
      1
    8. first professional contract,
      1
    9. Giro d’Italia,
      1
    10. gold medal at Beijing Olympics,
      1
    11. junior world pursuit title,
      1
    12. as a leader,
      1
    13. and numbers in training,
      1
    14. Olympic track programme,
      1
    15. passion for cycling,
      1
    16. relationship with Cav,
      1
    17. relationship with Kerrison,
      1
    18. silver medal in 2011 Worlds time trial,
      1
    19. Tour de France,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
    20. and the Vuelta,
      1
    21. works with British Cycling,
      1
    22. and Yates,
      1
  15. wind-tunnel test,
    1
  16. Winter Olympics,
    1
  17. Witham Wheelers,
    1
    ,
    2
  18. Woodward, Sir Clive,
    1
  19. Wooles, Richard,
    1
  20. World Championship team
    1. Cav rides in 2007 Worlds to gain experience,
      1
    2. funding,
      1
    3. qualification,
      1
    4. riding for national pride,
      1
    5. tactics,
      1
    6. three-year plan,
      1
  21. World Championships
    1. 1965,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
    2. 1995 (Colombia),
      1
    3. 2005 (Madrid),
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
    4. 2007 (Majorca): Cav gains experience,
      1
    5. 2009 (Mendrisio),
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
    6. 2010 (Melbourne),
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
    7. 2011 (Copenhagen),
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
      ,
      7
      ,
      8
      ,
      9
      ,
      10
      1. British win,
        1
      2. factors to aid performance,
        1
      3. plans,
        1
      4. selection,
        1
    8. 2012 (Valkenburg),
      1
    9. 2015 (Richmond),
      1
    10. 2016 (Qatar),
      1
    11. winner’s rainbow-striped jersey,
      1
  22. World Class Performance Plan,
    1
    ,
    2
  23. World Cup (Sydney 2005),
    1
    ,
    2
  24. world junior championships,
    1
    1. 1989 (Moscow),
      1
    2. 1990 (Middlesbrough),
      1
  25. world Madison championship,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  26. world track championships
    1. Cav and Brad win gold medal at Manchester (2008),
      1
    2. Cav wins the Madison (2005),
      1
  1. Yates, Sean,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    ,
    5
    ,
    6
    ,
    7
    ,
    8
    ,
    9
    ,
    10
  2. Yorkshire Dales,
    1
  1. ZLM Tour (Holland),
    1

Finishing fourth in the individual pursuit (racing Rob Hayles for bronze), national track championships, August 1988

The national hill climb championships, Widecombe in the Moor, Devon, 1990

With Glenn Holmes, in our Team Continental kit, 1994, realising we were a long way from where we thought we were in the sport. One of my best friends still, I met him racing when we were both fourteen

Caltex team, 1994: (
L–R
) Chris Lillywhite, Simon Lillistone, Jeremy Hunt, Glenn Holmes and me

Bondi Beach, Sydney, 2005, the day after Gee came out of hospital

Manchester track, 08:00 hrs session

Pinning on race numbers, Bendigo International criterium, 2005

With Bradley Wiggins, Stuttgart, 2007

Looking at the route, with Matt Parker, road Worlds at Mendrisio, 23 September, 2009

The night before the race

With Cav, after the scratch race at the world track championships, 2009

With Dave Brailsford and the team before a training ride to Box Hill for the London-Surrey Olympic test event, 2011, which Cav won. Cav’s on his green-accented Venge, having just won the green jersey in the Tour de France

Job done – on the bus with the rainbow jersey

Other books

Natural Beauty by Leslie Dubois
Writing on the Wall by Mary McCarthy
Mistletoe Magic by Lynn Patrick
Sucker Bet by Erin McCarthy
Pigboy by Vicki Grant
Operation Northwoods (2006) by Grippando, James - Jack Swyteck ss
Running Interference by Elley Arden
Gathering of Pearls by Sook Nyul Choi
United: An Alienated Novel by Melissa Landers