Nicole Cooke wins British national road race
Nicole Cooke won her 10th British national road race title at teh weekend, bringing here ever closer to Beryl Burton’s national title record of 12.
The two-time World Cup winner quickly joined a breakaway pack that included Lizzie Armitstead, Emma Pooley and Catherine Williamson early on in the 80-mile race around the lanes of Monmouthshire and streets of Abergavenny.
Williamson, though, dropped off and Nicole held off Armitstead and Pooley to clinch her 10th title in 11 years in a dramatic sprint finish after almost three-and-half hours of cycling in South Wales.
A delighted Nicole said: “The home crowd spurred me on definitely. It is a great to have people cheering and coming down the finishing straight was incredible as was the applause after I won.
“I couldn’t have dreamed of winning my 10th title in a better place than back home in Wales.”
Nicole is now preparing for the two week Vision 1 training camp at Lago Maggiore in Italy which starts on 5 July where she will be joined by the rest of her Vision 1 team mates.
