Cycling: Young England cyclists welcome the chance to shine in Delhi
26 August 2010
The England Team going to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi will feature 20 cyclists, consisting of England’s best young track riders, established road racers and a multiple Paralympic gold medallist.
The male track team will include riders from British Cycling’s Olympic Academy such as talented young sprinters and former Junior World Champions, David Daniell and Peter Mitchell, who will be looking forward to their first Games experience.
Competing in the women’s track team will be three-time Junior World Championship medallist Laura Trott and multiple World and Paralympic Champion Sarah Storey who becomes a first Paralympian to race for England at the Commonwealth Games.
England will go into the road events with a strong and experienced road team well suited to the Delhi course. The team will see young world class stars like Lizzie Armitstead, Alex Dowsett and Ben Swift lining up with experienced riders such as Jeremy Hunt, Russell Downing and Olympic medallist Emma Pooley.
Head Coach Shane Sutton said: “We have selected a young track team for the Commonwealth Games to give England’s rising cycling stars an opportunity to experience a large scale multi-event competition as they’re preparing for their first Olympics. With a number of our top performers competing on the road, we are also in contention for medals in these events.”
Craig Hunter, England’s Chef de Mission for Delhi said: “We are pleased to welcome into the England team a cycling squad which blends experience with youth and we wish them every success in their final preparations and in Delhi for the Games”.
England Cycling Team – Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010
Name, DOB, Place of Birth, Current Residence
MEN’S TRACK TEAM
George Atkins 18.08.1991, Leicester, Pistoia in Italy
David Daniell 23.12.1989, Middlesbrough, Fallowfield in Manchester
Pete Mitchell 12.01.1990, Edgware in London, Fallowfield in Manchester
Erick Rowsell 29.07.1990, Sutton in Surrey, Sutton
Ben Swift 05.11.1987, Rotherham, Sheffield
Simon Yates 07.08.1992, Bury in Lancashire, Bury
WOMEN’S TRACK TEAM
Anna Blyth 15.05.1988, Leeds, Leeds
Katie Colclough 20.01.1990, Grantham in Lincolnshire, Grantham
Lucy Martin 05.05.1990, Whiston in Cheshire, Widnes in Cheshire
Sarah Storey 26.10.1977, Disley in Manchester, Stockport in Cheshire
Laura Trott 24.04.92, Harlow in Essex, Cheshunt in Hertfordshire
MEN’S ROAD TEAM
Russell Downing 23.08.1978, Rotherham in South Yorkshire, Rotherham
Alex Dowsett, 03.10.1988, Chelmsford in Essex, Chelmsford
Chris Froome, 20.05.1985, Nairobi in Kenya, Pistoia in Italy
Jeremy Hunt, 12.03.1974, Macklin in Canada, Dartington in Devon
Ian Stannard, 25.05.1987, Chelmsford in Essex, Milton Keynes
Ben Swift, 05.11.1987, Rotherham in South Yorkshire, Sheffield
WOMEN’S ROAD TEAM
Lizzie Armitstead, 18.12.1988, Leeds, Herselt in Belgium
Katie Colclough, 20.01.1990, Grantham in Lincolnshire, Grantham
Sharon Laws, 07.07.1974, Kenya, Cheltenham in Gloucestershire
Lucy Martin 05.05.1990, Whiston in Cheshire, Widnes in Cheshire
Emma Pooley, 03.10.1982, London, Norwich/ Zurich in Switzerland
Emma Trott, 24.12.1989, Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, Cheshunt in Hertfordshire
England’s cycling team has a strong track record in the Commonwealth Games, having won 11 medals, including four golds, in Melbourne in 2006 in track and mountain biking.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games take place in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. They will feature 17 sports - archery, aquatics (swimming, synchronised swimming & diving), athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, hockey, lawn bowls, netball, rugby 7s, shooting, squash, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. With the 2012 Olympic Games in London and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Commonwealth Games England is entering a breath-taking four years of sport.
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