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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

Joanna Rowsell (Great Britain) – Track World Championships

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)

Joanna Rowsell (Great Britain) – Track World Championships

It wasn’t just riders on the road to impress in 2014, with plenty of success on the track and in the mud to celebrate too.

For starters, Helen Wyman stormed to Great Britain’s second ever cyclo-cross world championship medal when she took bronze to cap a great season at the start of the year.

Nikki Harris, too, enjoyed a strong ‘cross campaign in 2013/14 to bag second overall at the World Cup thanks to a string of podium places.

On the track, Laura Trott won 19 consecutive races at Revolution until the new ‘Longest Mile’ – based on the Marymoor Crawl – ended her stunning run last week.

However, it’s Trott’s team pursuit team-mate, Joanna Rowsell, who tops the billing this year, with two World Championship gold medals, and another at the Commonwealth Games.

Alongside her role anchoring the team pursuit squad to another World Championship triumph in Cali, Rowsell stormed to individual pursuit success and repeated the achievement in Glasgow.

After setting a Games record to reach the Commonwealth final, Rowsell had to make up an early deficit to Annette Edmondson (Australia) in the gold medal race but once ahead never looked like being beaten.

Chapeau, Jo!

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

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