Cook retires with a bang

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20946301

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jinx!

Respect – her win in Beijing was awesome

This thread should be 6 pages long with big ups by now instead of that stupid is Wiggo a doper thread.

Wake up people!

Chapeau Nicole.

Cracking comment… “Cooke said: “When Lance cries on Oprah later this week and she passes him the tissue, spare a thought for all those genuine people who walked away with no rewards – just shattered dreams. Each one of them is worth a thousand Lances.”

Ouch

A true cycling great IMO and well done on saying this

“When Lance cries on Oprah later this week and she passes him the tissue, spare a thought for all those genuine people who walked away with no rewards – just shattered dreams. Each one of them is worth a thousand Lances.

Someones got sand in their vag, and its not Nicole!

Super rider,her Beijing win was pure class and power.

She can be seen on Ch4 News tonight for a bit more Lance bashing, I believe.

She would have done better had she been a team player. Can’t say I’ll miss her – she wasn’t a great rider to watch.

She would have done better had she been a team player. Can’t say I’ll miss her – she wasn’t a great rider to watch.

THE most retarded comment ever on stw!

THE most retarded comment ever on stw!

Can’t be, it doesn’t start with “anagallis_arvensis – Member”

Also, perhaps not using the word “retarded” would help if you’re going to insult someone

THE most retarded comment ever on stw!

Stay classy…

THE most retarded comment ever on stw!

Internet newbie in ‘not everyone agrees with him on the internet’ shock!

THE most retarded comment ever on stw!

Not really.
Great rider, fantastically talented and she’d make mincemeat of any roadie on here but she was never a team player and never particularly well liked within the peloton. Respected and admired, yes. Liked – not really. But then you don’t become the greatest female rider of your generation by setting out to win popularity contests either.

When I was at uni in Cardiff I used to ride out with the local club on their Sunday runs occasionally. She turned up one biting cold winters day in shorts and a LS lycra racing top – everyone else was in full winter thermals, it was well below zero. We stopped at the mid-way cafe point, about 45 miles in and she just kept going. The regulars said it was normal. She’d apparently do about 160 miles on days like that, getting home when it was dark, blue with cold. Her Dad (who coached her) basically said “you ride till you can’t ride any further – then you turn round and cycle home”. She was about 14-15 at the time. Interesting mix of proper hardcore and bloody stupid!

footflaps – Member

THE most retarded comment ever on stw!

Internet newbie in ‘not everyone agrees with him on the internet’ shock!

watch her 2008 worlds win ……..piss take. She was super aggressive throughout her career, have you ever seen her??

Hey Crazy Legs….we all know she was a knob off the bike but on it she was different class. And you’re right, she’d destroy 99.9% on here (on road, cross or MTB)

full statement

mentions everyone bar Lizzy A

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/kn72pr

(very) edited hilights, pretty good haul.

1999
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships

2001
1st UCI Road World Championships, Junior, Lisbon
1st UCI Time Trial World Championships, Junior, Lisbon
1st UCI Cross Country MTB World Championships, Junior, Colorado
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships
1st GBR British National Mountain Bike Championships
1st GBR British National Cyclo-cross Championships (youngest ever winner)

2002
1st Road Race, Commonwealth Games, Manchester
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships
1st Ronde van Westerbeek, Holland

2003
1st Overall, UCI Women’s Road World Cup
1st Amstel Gold
1st La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships

2004
1st Giro d’Italia Femminine (Giro Donne)
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships

2005
1st La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (BEL), UCI Women’s Road World Cup
1st GP Wallonie (BEL)
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships

2006
1st UCI Women’s Road World Cup
1st Overall, UCI Women’s Road World Cup
1st Castilla y Leon
1st La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
1st The Ladies Golden Hour
1st Grande Boucle Feminine
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 2
1st Thuringen Rundfahrt
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 4a
1st Stage 4b
1st Stage 5
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships

2007
1st UCI world rankings
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships
1st Grande Boucle Feminine
1st Ronde van Vlannderen

2008
1st Road Race, 2008 Olympic Games
1st Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships

2009
1st GBR British National Road Race Championships

2011
1st Stage 5, Giro d’Italia Femminile

we all know she was a knob off the bike but on it she was different class. And you’re right, she’d destroy 99.9% on here (on road, cross or MTB)

I’d agree with you if you said 100% 🙂

It’s a pity some of the active male stars of the sport aren’t making equally scathing comments.

Class bow out 🙂

Mucho respect! She was the female equivalent of Jens Voight minus the doping.

She was also part of a team of pro’s who destroyed all comers for a number of years but she never got the support of a strong British team. She was five years or so too early for that.

Great rider and a shame she never got the backing she deserved as a pro. Sure her personality didn’t click with everyone around her but lets face it a slightly abrasive personality is pretty common in elite athletes who’s prime focus is their own performance.