John Herety
 Herety riding for Coop-Mercier in 1982 |
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| Full name | John P Herety | ||
| Nickname | The Galloping Gourmet | ||
| Born | 8 March 1958  England United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Weight | 61 kg (130 lb; 9.6 st)[1] | ||
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| Current team | Rapha Condor-Sharp | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider (retired) General manager |
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| Rider type | Sprinter | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
1981 |
Cheshire Road Club Abbotsford Park RC Altrincham RC-Rotalac Plastics ACBB |
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| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1982–1984 1985 1986 |
Coop-Mercier Ever Ready Percy Bilton |
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| Managerial team(s) | |||
–2005 2006– |
Percy Bilton Great Britain Recycling.co.uk |
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| Infobox last updated on 27 January 2012 |
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John P Herety (born 8 March 1958) is a former English racing cyclist. He rode for Great Britain in the Olympic Games and won the national road championship as an amateur and then a professional. He is currently manager of the Rapha Condor-Sharp cycling team.[2]
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[edit] Biography
Born in Cheadle, Cheshire (now in Greater Manchester), England, Herety joined Cheshire Road Club as a young teenager,.[3] His first win was in a Scouts' cyclo-cross race in Woodbank Park, Stockport.[4] He was coached by Harold "H" Nelson and trained regularly with other local riders destined for professional careers, notably Graham Jones, Paul Sherwen and Ian Binder. Further success followed as a junior. He was known as a sprinter but he also won after breaking clear of the main field.[5]
He came third in the in 1980 British National Road Race Championships and won the Manx Trophy. Herety, a chef, received a set of chef's knives when he won a stage of the 1980 Peace Race in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz), a city proud of its steelworks.[4] Herety finished 21st in the road race at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the race was won by Sergei Sukhoruchenkov.[6]
He then joined the French team, Athletic Club Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, Europe’s most successful sports club with fellow British riders Sean Yates and Jeff Williams, before turning professional for Mercier. In 1982 he won the Professional British National Road Race Championships .[5] After three seasons with Mercier Herety joined the British based professional team Ever Ready. In 1986 he then joined Percy Bilton riding alongside Bob Downs and Steve Joughin. The following season he won a stage in the Milk Race and was runner up in the British National Road Race Championships.
Herety became team manager of the Percy Bilton team after his racing career. He went on to become director of racing for British Cycling.[4] He resigned following an inquiry into the 2005 UCI Road World Championships in Madrid, when Charly Wegelius and Tom Southam were alleged to have helped Italian riders rather than those in the British team.[7] He was manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2006 and 2007, for 2008 this evolved into Rapha Condor-Recycling.co.uk and for 2009 became Rapha Condor.
[edit] Personal life
Herety married Margaret (née Swinnerton) in winter 1983. Margaret is a sister to Paul, Catherine and Bernadette, all former international riders.[4]
[edit] Palmarès
- 1979
- 1st Eastway
- 1980
- 21st Olympic Games, Road race
- 4th Tour of the Pennines
- 3rd British National Road Race Championships (Amateur)
- 1st Manx Trophy
- 2nd London – Glasgow
- 1st Stage 4, London – Glasgow
- 50th Overall, Peace Race
- 1st Stage 9, Peace Race
- 1981
- 1st GP de Peymenaide
- 1st GP de Sanary
- 1st GP de St Maxime
- 1st Paris–Rouen
- 1982
- 1st
British National Road Race Championships (Professional) - 3rd Stage 4, Tour Méditerranéen, Fréjus (FRA)
- 1st Harrogate
- 2nd GP Pino Cerami (BEL)
- 2nd Stage 2, Leeuwarden-Noord Scharwoude
- 2nd Stage 2, Ronde van Nederland, Noord Scharwoude (NED)
- 3rd Stage 4, Tour du Mediterranean, Cavalaire-Fréjus
- 16th Gent–Wevelgem
- 62nd Paris–Brussels
- 1983
- 2nd Glossop
- 2nd Stage 5, Paris – Nice, La Seyne (FRA)
- 3rd Wingene (BEL)
- 3rd Glasgow
- 2nd Kellog's Tour of Britain
- 3rd Manchester (GBR)
- 1984
- 58th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1986
- 58th Nissan Classic
- 1987
- 2nd Professional British National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Eastway (GBR)
- 1st Stage 10, Milk Race, Ipswich
- 2nd Wexford (IRL)
- 1988
- 2nd Stage 9, Milk Race, Hull (GBR)
- 3rd Windermere (GBR)
[edit] See also
- Rapha Condor-Sharp (manager of)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "John Herety Biography & Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/john-herety-1.html. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ "Rapha Condor opens doors to funding". Bike Radar. 2008-09-12. http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/rapha-condor-opens-doors-to-funding-18474. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ "John Herety Bio". Protournews.com. http://www.protournews.com/news/article/mps/uan/379. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ a b c d "Name: John Herety". TonyLyons. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony-lyons/Cyclists/HeretyJ.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ a b Steve Thomas (2007-02-12). "Interview: recycling.com manager John Herety". Roadcyclinguk.com. http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/article/mps/uan/2057. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ "John Herety – Olympic Record". British Olympic Association. http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=1608. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ Graham Snowdon (2005-10-13). "Herety resigns over team tactics". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2366613/Herety-resigns-over-team-tactics.html. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
[edit] External links
- "Cycle Base". http://www.cyclebase.nl/?lang=en&news=en&pc=normal&page=renner&id=7288.
- John Herety profile at Cycling Archives
- "A day in the life of John Herety – Team Manager (Recycling.co.uk)". British Cycling. 2006-12-24. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/News2006/20061224_tob_feature_1.asp. Retrieved 2008-09-12.[dead link]
- "Rapha Condor Recycling Pro Cycling Team: Join the Rapha Condor Club". RaphaCondor team website. http://www.raphacondorrecycling.cc/news/join-the-rapha-condor-club.
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