Ellingworth: "It all fell into place" for Wiggins' Worlds

A thumbs up from Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) after winning the gold medal

A thumbs up from Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) after winning the gold medal (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Great Britain Road Coach Rod Ellingworth had a long wait for Bradley Wiggins to complete his post-race obligations late on Wednesday evening - but with Britain's first gold medal at the Worlds to celebrate, there was no sign of Ellingworth complaining.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.