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A Year in Review: ten of the best British performances of 2014

World Championship success, climbing masterclasses and Commonwealth Games golds

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Pacing is absolutely vital to a successful attempt, says Boardman (Pic: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com)
Ben Swift celebrates on the podium at Milan-San Remo after finishing third (pic: Sirotti)
Adam Yates enjoyed great success in an unforgettable debut year (pic: Sirotti)
Alex Dowsett leads the stunning breakaway which ignited last year's race on stage six (pic: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)
Ian Stannard beat Greg van Avermaet in a two-up sprint at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (pic: Sirotti)
Mark Cavendish stormed to a comprehensive stage win at Tirreno-Adriatico (pic: Sirotti)
Chris Froome wins on the Col du Beal (pic: Sirotti)
Emma Pooley and Lizzie Armitstead on the Glasgow podium (pic: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)
Geraint Thomas celebrates Commonwealth Games success in Glasgow (pic: Alex Broadway/SWpix.com)
Sir Bradley Wiggins celebrates world time trial victory on the Ponferrada podium in 2014 (pic: Sirotti)
Joanna Rowsell stormed to individual pursuit gold in Glasgow (pic: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

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Hosting two Grand Tours and the Commonwealth Games, coupled with no shortage of two-wheeled success stories across the board, means that 2014 has been another fine year for British cycle sport.

That missing out on a British Grand Tour victory, for the first time in three years, was disappointing to some is a testament to how far the sport has come – and continues to go – in such a short space of time.

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And Britain’s best were in superb form again this year, with World Championship and Commonwealth Games success and a number of notable victories across the cycling globe.

To condense that success into a highlights package is near-on impossible but we have settled on our pick of the ten best British performances.

Picking ten was an unenviable task with a host of names to miss out. Do you agree with our picks? Who else would you have chosen? Let us know in the comments section below.

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