Team GB success at Rio 2016 boosts Halfords' cycling sales

Cycling sales at Halfords in the 20 weeks to August 19 were up by nearly two per cent thanks to the warm weather and Olympic Games success

The success of Team GB's cyclists at the Olympic Games this summer has been credited for boosting Halfords' cycling sales for the start of the financial year.

Great Britain topped the cycling medal table, winning six gold medals on the track, including three between Laura Trott and Sir Bradley Wiggins, who launched rages of bikes with Halfords in recent months.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.