Palmares

As a young rider, a neo-pro, World Tour veteran, Director Sportive and coach, I have achieved high profile successes for myself, my teams and my coached riders.

Here is my full list of successes on and off the bike.

Rider PaLMARES

1979 – 1980 – 10 mile British competition record holder
1980 – 1st 25 Mile National Champion
1980 – 1st National Pursuit Champion
1980 – 6th Moscow Olympics – Individual Pursuit
1980 – 5th Moscow Olympics – Team Pursuit
1981 – Best Amateur ACBB France. 15 wins including the GP France Time Trial
1982 - Turned professional
1982-1996 Peugeot, Fagor, 7-11 and Motorola

• Yellow Jersey holder in the Tour de France
• 1st Tour of Belgium
• GP Eddy Merckx
• British Road Race Championships
• USA National Championships (Philadelphia)
• Pro Pursuit Champion

1997 – 1st National 50 mile Champion
2000 – 1st World Masters Pursuit Champion
2003 – 2nd World Masters Road Race Championships
2005 – 12 hour Tandem Record Holder (303 miles) with Zak Carr
2006 – 3rd National 50 mile Championships
2006 – 25 mile Tandem Competition Record holder (43 minutes 34 seconds) with Michael Hutchinson
2011 – 6th National 12 hour Championships (282 miles)

Stage Wins​

Tour de France
​Tour of Spain
Dauphine
Midi Libre
4 Days of Dunkerque
Tour Du Pont
Milk Race
Tour of Belgium
Tour de L’Oise
Circuit le Sarthe
Tour of Holland
Paris-Nice
Paris-Roubaix – 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th

Lead DS Wins

2003 – Tour de Romandie – CSC (Hamilton)
2005 – Giro d'Italia – Discovery Channel (Savoldelli)
2008 – Giro d'Italia – Astana (Contador)
2008 + 2009 Pais Vasco – Astana (Contador)
2011 & 2012 – Dauphine – Sky (Wiggins)
​2012 – Volta Algarve – Sky (Porte)
2012 – Paris-Nice – Sky (Wiggins)
2012 – Tour de Romandie – Sky (Wiggins)
2012 - Tour de France – Sky (Wiggins)
2012 - Olympic Time Trial (Wiggins)

My Autobiography

If you'd like to know more about my career and my passion for cycling you can read my story
"It's all about the bike."