Mark Cavendish, the best UK cyclist?

Cook is by far and away the best British rider.

Nicole Cook is competing in a team event. Hoy and Pendleton for the most part compete in individual events. Peat always competes in individual events.

Nicole Cook will not win the worlds or the Gold at the Olympics until British Cycling produce a team that is strong enough to support her. At present she's in a class of her own and that makes her a natural target for every attack in every race at this level. she then has to cover all the attacks. It gives her no real chance since she's the only one with the strength to chase them all down. The rest of the women's team are just struggling to stay with the pace.

As good as Cooke is she has yet to win either Olympic or (senior) World Championship gold and that's how true greats are recognised in the UK at least.

What are you guys smoking!

She is the current World Race Champion and Olympic Chamion! She has also won the UCI World Cup twice, Women's Giro at least once and the Grande Boucle Feminine (women's Tour De France) twice. Nobody from the UK can touch that record.