World champion sprinter Emma Finucane and Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock headline Team GB's initial cycling squad for Paris 2024.
World champion sprinter Emma Finucane and reigning Olympic mountain bike gold medallist Tom Pidcock headline Team GB's initial cycling squad for Paris 2024.The 24-year-old became the first Briton to win an Olympic medal of any colour in mountain biking in Tokyo three years ago - although he has the small matter of the Tour de France to contest before defending his title in Paris.
Other Olympic medallists announced for the Games include Ethan Hayter, who won madison silver three years ago and will ride on both track and road in Paris, while Jack Carlin, a two-time medallist in Tokyo, leads the men's sprinters at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome. The women's road and track endurance riders, as well as the BMX racing and freestyle park squads, will be announced on 4 July.
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