John Herety

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fullname = John P Herety
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1958|3|2|df=yes
country = ENG
GBR
height = height|m=1.73cite web| url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/john-herety-1.html|title=John Herety Biography & Statistics| publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=2008-09-12]
weight = convert|61|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam =
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype =
amateuryears =


1981
amateurteams = Cheshire Road Club
Abbotsford Park RC
Altrincham RC-Rotalac Plastics
ACBB
proyears = 1982–1984
1985
1986
proteams = Coop-Mercier
Ever Ready
Percy Bilton
manageyears =
–2005
2006–2007
2008
manageteams = Percy Bilton
Great Britain
recycling.co.uk
Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk
majorwins =
medaltemplates =
updated = 12 September 2008

John P Herety (b. 2 March 1958, Cheadle, England) is an English racing cyclist. He is manager of Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk. [cite web| url=http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/rapha-condor-opens-doors-to-funding-18474| title=Rapha Condor opens doors to funding| publisher=Bike Radar| date=2008-09-12| accessdate=2008-09-12]

Biography

Herety joined Cheshire Road Club as a teenager, [cite web| url=http://www.protournews.com/news/article/mps/uan/379| title=John Herety Bio| publisher=Protournews.com| accessdate=2008-09-12] . His first win was in a Scouts' cyclo- cross race in Woodbank Park, Stockport.cite web| url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tony-lyons/Cyclists/HeretyJ.htm| title=Name: John Herety| publisher=Stockport CC| accessdate=2008-09-12] Further success followed as a junior. He was known as a sprinter but he also won after breaking clear of the main field.cite web| url=http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/news/article/mps/uan/2057| title=Interview: recycling.com manager John Herety| author=Steve Thomas| publisher=Roadcyclinguk.com| date=2007-02-12| accessdate=2008-09-12]

He came third in the in 1980 professional road race national championship and won the Manx Trophy. Herety, a chef, received a set of chef's knives when he won a stage of the Peace Race in a town proud of its steelworks. Herety finished 21st in the road race at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. [cite web| url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=1608| title=John Herety - Olympic Record| publisher=British Olympic Association| accessdate=2008-09-12]

He joined the French team, Athletic Club Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, before becoming a professional for Mercier for three seasons. In 1982 he won the British professional road championship.

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. [cite web| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2366613/Herety-resigns-over-team-tactics.html| title=Herety resigns over team tactics| author=Graham Snowdon| publisher=The Telegraph| date=2005-10-13| accessdate=2008-09-12] He was manager of Recycling.co.uk in 2006 and 2007, a team now known as Rapha Condor recycling.co.uk.

Personal life

Herety married Margaret (née Swinnerton) in winter 1983. Margaret is a sister to Paul, Catherine and Bernadette, all former internationals.

Palmarès

;1979:1st Eastway

;1980:3rd Professional British National Road Race Championships:1st Manx Trophy:2nd London - Glasgow::1st Stage 4, London - Glasgow:Stage win, Peace Race

;1981:1st GP de Peymenaide:1st GP de Sanary:1st GP de St Maxime:1st Paris-Rouen

;1982:1st flagicon|GBR Professional British National Road Race Championships: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 Ghent-Wevelgem:62nd Paris-Bruxelles

;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 Ghent-Wevelgem

;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)

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