British Cycling’s former technical director had a brash style but was as successful as a coach as he had been during a glittering professional cycling careerShane Sutton grew up in the small country town of Moree,Australia, as a self-confessed “rough bastard”, and who was always getting drunk and into brawls. As a solid professional cyclist,and hugely successful coach, he survived a long battle with the bottle as well as spectacular fallouts with riders such as Nicole Cooke and Victoria Pendleton. But a regular drip of accusations surrounding his alleged sexism, or bullying and abusive comments approximately Paralympic cyclists – which he strenuously denies – left the 58-year-old facing one battle he was never going to win. Related: British cycling team thrown into chaos by departure of Shane Sutton Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com