David Brailsford and Bradley Wiggins expected to receive Knighthood
The 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky General Manager David Brailsford are expected to be recommended for knighthoods as reported in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider in history of the sport to bag an overall victory at the Tour de France after his superb performance throughout the three-week race.
He is already a CBE and is most likely to become Sir Bradley Wiggins as he is expected to be offered the knighthood by the Queen of England in a special ceremony in the New Year Honours list.
There is limited number of Knight also known as the dame titles but tremendous performances by several British athletes in the recent London Olympics has resulted in creating a special list of sporting titles.
Wiggins recently received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award while David Brailsford was given the Best Coach of the year award.
Bradley’s Tour de France victory is definitely huge but it is still not big enough to overshadow Brailsford’s efforts to build a strong team around the Brit providing him with the maximum support for the new season.
Dave is also the National Coach for the British National Cycling team and yet again, his hard work and coaching skills clearly reflected the team’s performance in this year’s Olympics event.
"It’s a privilege to get this award - this year of all years after such a fantastic summer of sport,” he stated during after receiving the BBC award for the second time after 2008.
Brailsford further added, “I guess I’m the lucky one who gets to come up and collect the award, but behind me is a fantastic team at British Cycling and Team Sky”.
"My job is to look after other people and get them to be better, and of course we’re only ever going to be as good as our riders. There’s be lots of talk about coaches but it is about the athletes,” he concluded.
Cyclist Sarah Storey is believed to have been recommended for damehood after her fantastic performance at the 2012 London Paralympics, winning four gold medals for her home side.
Chris Hoy was also superb during the Olympic Games as he now holds the honour of winning the maximum number of six Olympics gold medals by a British cyclist ever.
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