British Cycling has named two strong track teams to represent Great Britain in the first two rounds of the 2010-2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics taking place in Melbourne, Australia from December 2-4 and Cali, Columbia from December 16-18.

With the aim of securing as many qualification points as early as possible for London 2012, Olympic Champions Victoria Pendleton, Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Ed Clancy will contest the Melbourne World Cup before heading to Columbia to compete in Cali.

The Women’s Team Pursuit squad will compete in Cali whilst the Men’s Team Pursuit squad will focus on Melbourne.

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Speaking of the team selections, Performance Manager Shane Sutton said: “We are aiming to gain as many Olympic qualification points as we can as early as we can in the season, but it’s likely that other nations will be taking the same approach which is why we’ve decided to send a full strength squad to contest the first two rounds of the World Cup season.

“The whole squad has good form at the moment, and the recent European Track Championships has given us an indicator of what is required to be competitive at the World Cups.”

Riders for Melbourne
Female:
Victoria Pendleton
Jess Varnish

Male:
Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Matt Crampton
Sir Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny
Jason Queally
Luke Rowe
Andy Tennant

Riders for Cali
Female:
Katie Colclough
Wendy Houvenaghel
Laura Trott
Victoria Pendleton
Jess Varnish

Male:
Ed Clancy
Matt Crampton
Sir Chris Hoy
Jason Kenny

Jessica Whittington, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine