Mark Cavendish and Sir Bradley Wiggins has been named in a twenty one strong rider Great Britain squad for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships which take place at Lee Valley VeloPark, London from March 2nd to 6th.
Cavendish, the recent Tour Of Qatar winner, will compete in the omnium event and team up Sir Bradley Wiggins in the Madison.
Shane Sutton, technical director, said to British Cycling: “We’ve selected the strongest squad available to us for these worlds - we’re in good shape and the team we’ve selected is close to the Olympic model.
“It’s great to see Ed Clancy and Katie Archibald included on the squad and that’s testament to the hard work of the Performance Support Team who have ably led the rehabilitation of these riders following their respective injuries.
“Winning is always a key objective for any sports team and we’re sticking to our long-term goal which is success at the Olympic Games in Rio so we’ll be making performance decisions based on this strategy.
“That said, there’s been a marked increase in momentum within the squad recently and we’ve been seeing some promising numbers in training, so I’m expecting to see some strong performances across the board and spectators will be guaranteed to see some world-class competition.”
British team:
Mark Cavendish, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Jason Kenny, Phil Hindes, Emily Nelson, Chris Latham, Kate Archibald, Elinor Barker, Matt Crampton, Jon Dibben, Owain Douell, Ciara Horne, Becky James, Katy Marchant, Callum Skinner, Andy Tennant and Jess Varnish.