[1] Jones joined the West Pennine Road Club to ride on Sunday outings.

She rode her first race in 1974 and five years later tied with Julie Earnshaw for first place in the national junior 10-mile time trial championship.

She rode the world road race championship for Britain in 1980, when she was 18, and took the bronze medal behind the American Beth Heiden on a tough circuit at Sallanches, in the French Alps.

Riding the world championship road race in Goodwood, Sussex, England that year, she broke clear of the field to win by 10 seconds.

[2] She said: She was, said the Golden Book of Cycling, "the perfect example of how a youngster, while enjoying the companionship and adventure of club runs, can successfully aspire to becoming a world champion by self-dedication and encouragement."