Rod Ellingworth on the impact of his success at British Cycling and Team Sky
Rod Ellingworth tells Matt Stephens how he changed the acceptance criteria for development riders at British Cycling, and how his holistic approach impacted the success of Team Sky and Ineos.
Sigma Sports Unplugged with Matt Stephens
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Show Notes
Matt Stephens has a fascinating chat with Rod Ellingworth about his impact on British Cycling and how that helped lead to the period of dominant success at Team Sky in the mid 2010’s. The newly appointed race director for Tour of Britain explains how he had a holistic approach that valued the personality of the riders as much as their numbers, and shares some interesting stories about the likes of Mark Cavendish, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins. But how can such an intelligent man be so awful at quizzes?
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