John Herety
[6] 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.[10] Herety spent one season with the ACBB and was offered a professional contract with Mercier riding alongside Joop Zoetemelk.[11] Herety subsequently returned to England and won the Professional British National Road Race Championships.[7] He also had success in the Grand Prix Pino Cerami finishing second after being outsprinted from a small group of riders by Ronny Van Holen.[6] 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.