WHAT DOES IMOGEN COTTER SAY ABOUT COACHING?

“I had really bad like anxiety in the bunch, really big fear of crashing. Fitness-wise, I felt fit but it just like wasn't translating over into racing. So like I was constantly thinking, oh my god, like social media is like a double edged sword because I was constantly thinking like people are looking at my Instagram and then thinking, oh like she thinks she's great and now look at her pro cycling stats. Like she's actually crap.”

“In the morning, I'd be like, VO2 efforts slumped over the handlebars afterwards, then in the afternoon I'd have like longer efforts to do. So it was just torture August. But yeah, so that was the main thing that changed was my training and that gave me such confidence like knowing that you're killing yourself in training really gives you confidence going into racing.”

“I was waking up in the morning and saying Imogen Carter national champ funny 21s like it's happening and I was saying it's like my mom before I left I was like mom on Sunday I'll be back here with the national champ jersey and my mom's like I can't say it and I said say it out loud like I was just really I just felt like everything was coming together at the right time.”

“I wouldn't be able to do what I'm doing if I didn't have my Instagram account, which is really amazing. And it's also quite sad because you have to think like there's so many girls out there who could be amazing cyclists, but you just can't afford it. Like in women's teams, there isn't the same opportunity for men like a girl.”