British Cycling confirms GB cycling squads for 2013/2014
Sir Dave Brailsford has declared that the Great Britain cycling team is "in good shape for this stage of the Olympic cycle" following the release of the national squad for the forthcoming year.
Five new British world champions - Becky James, Liam Phillips, Lora Turnham (piloted by Corinne Hall), Elinor Barker and Simon Yates - were crowned in 2013, and Brailsford says that progress is being made on the road to Rio 2016.
"In line with the UK Sport funding structure, we have reviewed the British Cycling's Olympic Programmes, and I believe we have a strong squad to take us into the second year of this Olympic cycle," he said.
"In all, I think we're looking to be in good shape for this stage of the Olympic cycle. We have a real depth of talent in the Academy and Development Programme and I'm looking forward to seeing how they can develop and deliver over the coming twelve months."
New features of the squad include a Paralympic Development Programme, which BC say will help produce the next generation of para-cycling champions.
Elsewhere, former hepthathlete turned sprinter Katy Marchant joins the British Cycling Olympic Podium Programme while Ross Edgar has switched from the sprint to endurance programme.
Double junior world champion Danni Khan steps up to the Podium Programme sprint squad from the Academy, and Germain Burton, Chris Lawless, Jake Ragan and Ollie Wood make the transition from BC's Olympic Development Programme to the Academy. Former GB women's coach Simon Cope returns to oversee the track side of this programme, and Keith Lambert will continue to lead the coaching on the road.
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OLYMPIC PODIUM PROGRAMME
Men's Sprint:
Matt Crampton
Kian Emadi
Phil Hindes
Jason Kenny
Lewis Oliva
Callum Skinner
Women's Sprint:
Becky James
Katy Marchant
Jess Varnish
Vicky Williamson
Men's Endurance:
Steven Burke
Mark Cavendish
Ed Clancy
Steve Cummings
Jon Dibben
Alex Dowsett
Ross Edgar
Josh Edmondson
Andy Fenn
Chris Froome
Sam Harrison
Pete Kennaugh
Luke Rowe
Ian Stannard
Ben Swift
Andy Tennant
Geraint Thomas
Sir Bradley Wiggins
Adam Yates
Simon Yates
Women's Endurance:
Lizzie Armitstead
Elinor Barker
Dani King
Joanna Rowsell
Laura Trott
Men's BMX:
Liam Phillips
Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike:
Annie Last
OLYMPIC ACADEMY PROGRAMME
Men's Sprint:
Matt Rotherham
Women's Sprint:
Rosie Blount
Danni Khan
Women's Endurance:
Katie Archibald
Lucy Garner
Amy Hill
Hayley Jones
Emily Kay
Amy Roberts
Men's Endurance:
Germain Burton
Owain Doull
Chris Latham
Chris Lawless
Jacob Ragan
Oliver Wood
Men's BMX:
Kyle Evans
Grant Hill
Curtis Manaton
Tre Whyte
Women's BMX:
Charlotte Green
Abbie Taylor
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike:
Kenta Gallagher
Grant Ferguson
Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike:
Alice Barnes
Bethany Crumpton
OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Men's Endurance:
Matthew Bostock
Gabriel Cullaigh
Joe Evans
Joseph Fry
Matthew Gibson
Joe Holt
Ellis Kirkbride
Women's Endurance:
Megan Barker
Abigail Dentus
Grace Garner
Bethany Hayward
Melissa Lowther
Emily Nelson
Abby-Mae Parkinson
Lucy Shaw
Men's Sprint:
Leon Gledhill
Thomas Scammell
Joseph Truman
Women's Sprint:
Sophie Capewell
Men's BMX:
Quillan Isidore
Paddy Sharrock
Ryan Stack
Women's BMX:
Valerie Zebrokova
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike:
Frazer Clacherty
Thomas Craig
Dylan Kerfoot Robson
Mark McGuire
Calum Moagowan
Women's Cross Country Mountain Bike:
Martha Gill
Ffion James
PARALYMPIC PROGRAMMES
Paralympic Podium Programme
Jon Allan Butterworth
Jody Cundy
Karen Darke
Neil Fachie
Corinne Hall
Rachel James
Darren Kenny
Crystal Lane
Craig MacLean
Shaun McKeown
Pete Mitchell
Rachel Morris
Jason Queally
Helen Scott
David Stone
Dame Sarah Storey
Lauryn Therin
Lora Turnham
Paralympic Academy Programme
Brian Alldis
Rhiannon Henry
Simon Price
Sophie Thornhill
Paralympic Development Programme
Steve Arnold
Megan Boyd
Justin Davies
Matt Ellis
Andy Kelsey
Jaco van Gass
Jonathan Wren
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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.
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