From paupers to kings: The lottery-funded revolution

British Cycling turned itself from a non-esistent cycling entity in to world beaters thanks to lottery funding.

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The British cycling team is one of the best funded, and best run sports teams in the world. Millions of pounds started to flood in to British sports after 1997 and the inception of national lottery funding, and now, following the deal with British Sky Broadcasting, there's even more on offer.

British Cycling now has an embarrassment of riches but the real challenge has always been to spend that money correctly and turn it in to gold medals. Here's how British Cycling went about doing just that.

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