Wiggo, Cav back but British supremacy faces test


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 28 Jul 2016

Britain Cycling - Team GB - Rio 2016 Cycling Team Media Session - Newport Velodrome, Wales - 25/7/16 Mark Cavendish of Team GB in action Action Images via Reuters / Tony O'Brien Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Big guns Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish will bolster the British team for next month's Olympic track cycling programme but the powerhouse nation will have its work cut out repeating the supremacy of four years ago in London.

Wiggins, 36, has returned to his track roots and will be a key cog in Britain's team pursuit squad, four years after that glorious summer when he won the Tour de France and the Olympic time trial in a matter of weeks.

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