David Brailsford wins the BBC Coach of the Year Award
David Brailsford is one man that British Cycling had waited for more than a hundred years as there is no match to his coaching procedures.
He is the General Manager of the British cycling outfit, Team Sky and also Great Britain’s Performance Director and Brailsford knows exactly how to create a balance between the two jobs.
His phenomenal performance throughout the season has earned him the Coach of the Year award for the second time after receiving his first back in 2008.
The 2012 season has been really special for British Cycling, either it be the team’s dominating performance at the Tour de France or the 2012 Olympic Games and Brailsford indeed, deserves the most of the credit.
The 48-year-old was delighted to receive the award and stated that cycling is not one man’s sport, it’s a team effort and credited the whole Team Sky line-up for their hard work during the season.
“It’s a privilege to get this award - this year of all years after such a fantastic summer of sport. 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,” he noted while receiving
the award.
"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, it is about the riders,” he concluded.
Team Sky had a terrific 2012 season with several top performances but Bradley Wiggins’ overall victory at the Tour de France outshines them all.
The cyclist was given maximum support by the team during the three-week race as he cruised his way across the finish-line with no such trouble by any cyclist other than his own teammate Christopher Froome.
Froome claimed the second overall position at this year’s Tour de France which doubled the joy for the British team, claiming two podium spots at the most prestigious cycling race of the season.
Great Britain topped both the Road and the Track disciplines in the 2012 Olympic Games claiming one gold, one silver and one bronze at the road race event with seven golds, one silver and one bronze at the track racing, thanks to Sir Chris Hoy, setting a
record of maximum Olympic Golds by a Brit.
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