Nicole Denise Cooke is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist and Commonwealth, Olympic and world road race champion. She was the first British cyclist to win a Grand Tour, which she achieved at the Giro d'Italia Femminile in 2004. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Cooke became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in cycling, and the first Welsh woman to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event. Vikipedi