COOKE OUT OF WORLDS, BRAILSFORD NAMES SQUAD

Nicole Cooke world championships 2006

Nicole Cooke has been ruled out of the World Championships following her knee operation yesterday.

The Welsh rider (pictured) lost her World Cup crown to Holland?s Marianne Vos in the final round of the competition at Nürnberg on Sunday before flying to Britain for an operation on her troublesome knee.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.