John Herety
Encyclopedia
John P Herety 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.
), England
, Herety joined Cheshire Road Club as a young teenager,. His first win was in a Scout
s' cyclo-cross
race in Woodbank Park, Stockport
. 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.
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. Herety finished 21st in the road race at the 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow
, the race was won by Sergei Sukhoruchenkov
.
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
. 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
. 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. 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.
, all former international riders.
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1986
1987
1988
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
racing cyclist. He rode for Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
in the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
and won the national road championship as an amateur and then a professional. He is currently manager of the Rapha Condor-Sharp cycling team.
Biography
Born in Cheadle, Cheshire (now in Greater ManchesterGreater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
), England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Herety joined Cheshire Road Club as a young teenager,. His first win was in a Scout
Scouting
Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society....
s' cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross
Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...
race in Woodbank Park, Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
. He was coached by Harold "H" Nelson and trained regularly with other local riders destined for professional careers, notably Graham Jones
Graham Jones (cyclist)
Graham Jones is a former professional English road racing cyclist from Manchester, England. He rode in the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He is often described as one of the classiest riders that the UK has produced, but his career was hindered by being over raced in his early days, and by...
, Paul Sherwen
Paul Sherwen
Paul Sherwen is an English former professional racing cyclist. He is now a broadcaster on cycling, notably the Tour de France. He raced in seven editions of the Tour, finishing five, and gained a reputation for his ability to suffer over long mountain stages.-Cycling career:Born in Widnes,...
and Ian Binder. Further success followed as a junior. He was known as a sprinter
Cycling sprinter
A cycling sprinter is a road bicycle racer or track racer who can finish a race very explosively by accelerating quickly to a high speed, often using the slipstream of another cyclist or group of cyclists tactically to conserve energy.-The road sprinter:...
but he also won after breaking clear of the main field.
He came third in the in 1980 British National Road Race Championships
British National Road Race Championships
The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.-History:...
and won the Manx Trophy
Manx Trophy
The Manx Trophy or Isle of Man International Road Race is a bicycle road race run annually on the Isle of Man. In the 1960s the race attracted the world's top professional cyclists including Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx....
. 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. Herety finished 21st in the road race at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, the race was won by Sergei Sukhoruchenkov
Sergei Sukhoruchenkov
Sergei Nikolaevich Sukhoruchenkov is a former Soviet cyclist and Olympic Champion. He won gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, on the Individual Road Race....
.
He then joined the French team, Athletic Club Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Europe’s most successful sports club
Sports club
A sports club or sport club, sometimes athletics club or sports association is a club for the purpose of playing one or more sports...
with fellow British riders Sean Yates
Sean Yates
Sean Yates is an English former professional cyclist and head Directeur Sportif at Team Sky.-Career:Yates competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the 4,000m individual pursuit. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics...
and Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams (cyclist)
Jeffrey "Jeff" Williams is an English former professional road racing cyclist from Manchester. He rode for Great Britain at the Olympic Games, and won several national championship titles.-Cycling career:...
, before turning professional for Mercier
Mercier (cycling team)
Mercier cycling team is a former French professional cycling team that promoted and raced on Mercier racing bikes. Together with the Peugeot cycling team, the Mercier team had a long presence in the cycling sport and in the Tour de France from 1935 until 1983....
. In 1982 he won the Professional British National Road Race Championships
British National Road Race Championships
The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.-History:...
. After three seasons with Mercier
Mercier (cycling team)
Mercier cycling team is a former French professional cycling team that promoted and raced on Mercier racing bikes. Together with the Peugeot cycling team, the Mercier team had a long presence in the cycling sport and in the Tour de France from 1935 until 1983....
Herety joined the British based professional team Ever Ready. In 1986 he then joined Percy Bilton riding alongside Bob Downs
Bob Downs
Robert Downs is a former English professional cyclist from Basildon Essex. He won the Tour of Ireland in 1974 and competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics in the Men's 100 kilometres Team Time Trial. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games he won a gold medal in the 100 km T.T.T...
and Steve Joughin
Steve Joughin
Steve Joughin is a former professional Manx road racing cyclist. He was the first Manxman ever win the British professional road race title...
. The following season he won a stage in the Milk Race
Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
and was runner up in the British National Road Race Championships
British National Road Race Championships
The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.-History:...
.
Herety became team manager of the Percy Bilton team after his racing career. He went on to become director of racing for British Cycling
British Cycling
British Cycling is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man...
. He resigned following an inquiry into the 2005 UCI Road World Championships
2005 UCI Road World Championships
The 2005 UCI Road World Championships took place in Madrid, Spain, between September 19 and September 25, 2005. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23.The Men's road race saw Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen winning....
in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, when Charly Wegelius and Tom Southam
Tom Southam
Tom Southam is an English competitive cyclist from Penzance, Cornwall who rides for Rapha Condor. He has represented Great Britain in five World Championships and ridden in several UCI ProTour events....
were alleged to have helped Italian riders rather than those in the British team. 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.
Personal life
Herety married Margaret (née Swinnerton) in winter 1983. Margaret is a sister to Paul, Catherine and BernadetteBernadette Swinnerton
Bernadette Swinnerton was an English racing cyclist. She came second in the 1969 world road championship in Czechoslovakia, 1m 10s behind Audrey McElmury....
, all former international riders.
Palmarès
1979- 1st Eastway
1980
- 21st Olympic GamesCycling at the 1980 Summer OlympicsCycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was split into two categories: Road and Track. 6 events were contested . All 4 events of the track cycling were held at the Velodrome of the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . 100 km team time trial event was held along the Moscow-Minsk highway...
, Road race - 4th Tour of the Pennines
- 3rd British National Road Race ChampionshipsBritish National Road Race ChampionshipsThe British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.-History:...
(Amateur) - 1st Manx TrophyManx TrophyThe Manx Trophy or Isle of Man International Road Race is a bicycle road race run annually on the Isle of Man. In the 1960s the race attracted the world's top professional cyclists including Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx....
- 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 ChampionshipsBritish National Road Race ChampionshipsThe British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.-History:...
(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 BritainTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
- 3rd Manchester (GBR)
1984
- 58th Gent–Wevelgem
1986
- 58th Nissan ClassicTour of IrelandThe Tour of Ireland is a bicycle stage race held in August. The first race debuted in 1953 and ran until 1957. It was revived in 1965 and ran until 1985. In 1985 the 5 day Nissan International Classic took over as the Tour of Ireland. This lasted for 8 years until 1992...
1987
- 2nd Professional British National Road Race ChampionshipsBritish National Road Race ChampionshipsThe British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.-History:...
- 2nd Eastway (GBR)
- 1st Stage 10, Milk RaceTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
, Ipswich - 2nd Wexford (IRL)
1988
- 2nd Stage 9, Milk RaceTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
, Hull (GBR) - 3rd Windermere (GBR)