The British Olympic Association (BOA) and British Cycling have today confirmed the four women’s road cyclists who will compete for Team GB in the road race at the London 2012 Olympic Games on the 29th July.
This brings the number of cyclists selected for Team GB to 22, with the selection of the men’s road race riders to be announced at a later date.
The cyclists selected for the women’s road race are:
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Emma Pooley and Lizzie Armistead have been selected to ride the time trial on the 1st August.
The addition of the road cyclists brings the total number of athletes officially selected to compete for Team GB at London 2012 to 266 across twenty-four sport disciplines: archery, athletics – marathon, badminton, boxing, canoe slalom, canoe sprint, cycling, diving, fencing, handball, hockey, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, synchronised swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon and weightlifting.
The athletes were formally nominated to the BOA for selection to Team GB by British Cycling, the National Governing Body for cycling in the UK.
Team GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt said:
British Cycling Performance Director Dave Brailsford said:
Nicole Cooke said:
Lucy Martin said:
Emma Pooley said: