International Dominance
From 2001 to the present day, British cycling has greatly improved its standing in world track cycling and are considered the dominant force now in cycling. At the 2004 Athens Olympics cycling events, Great Britain came third in the medal table. From 2004 to 2009, it came top of the medals tally for three out of six UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The team is noted for its distinctive high performance equipment. British Cycling continues to work with NASA, McLaren Group and many other organisations to improve track speeds. In the late 2000s, the team consisted of such notable riders as Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton, Bradley Wiggins, and Rebecca Romero.
This success has continued in road racing with riders such as Nicole Cooke and Mark Cavendish. British cycling has also formed a professional cycling team with BSkyB as the main sponsor and Bradley Wiggins as the team leader and David Brailsford as the manager. Team Sky is registered as a UCI ProTeam.
Downhill mountain biking also witnessed British success with Steve Peat becoming the Nissan UCI Downhill World Champion, and also becoming the most successful downhill racer ever with seventeen World Cup wins.
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