 Nicole Cook has put women's cycling on the map in the UK and has been a tireless campaigner throughout her career for moral conduct in sport. Nicole has a pal Mara's virtually unmatched in British cycling. In 2001, she left Rintegh school to become the only British female cyclist of a continental team. Her decision was vindicated when later that year she won the Commonwealth Games Road Race. Despite serious crashes and injuries, Nicole crowned her career with unique double in 2008, becoming the first person ever to be both world and Olympic road race champion. She retired in 2012 and has completed an MBA at Cardiff University during the course of which she's written and released her autobiography.