"Colin Blackburn" wrote in message
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There's an article on the BBC news website tracing the rise of British
cycling from 1996 when Hoy took his own bike to the U23 championships and
wore a loaned track suit through to the current state of affairs:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...ng/7534073.stm

Reminds me of the interview I heard with the late great Beryl Burton, who
rode to her first world championship, in France I think, and had ridden most
of the way back before someone gave her a lift.