'No panic' for Great Britain as Australia steps up Olympic team pursuit preparations

Team GB's Shane Sutton remains unfazed by key Australian team pursuit riders returning home from Europe to concentrate on Rio 2016

shane sutton, great britain, 2012
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British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton is unperturbed about the amalgamation of arch-rival Australia’s track endurance squad with a national domestic trade team ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, adding Team GB is on the rise.

Australian Olympian Jack Bobridge made the announcement this week that he will depart from the WorldTour to join the majority of his national team pursuit squad members at the Continental Budget Forklifts outfit from 2015.

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Sophie Smith is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and author of Pain & Privilege: Inside Le Tour. She follows the WorldTour circuit, working for British, Australian and US press, and has covered 10 Tours de France.