Great Britain’s team pursuit coach Heiko Salzwedel has confirmed reports that the men's team have broken the world record in training and that his order for the qualifying round of the Olympic Games, which starts on August 11, will be Ed Clancy, Owain Doull, Steven Burke and Bradley Wiggins. The current world record was set by Great Britain at the London Games four years ago, when they set a time of 3:51:659.
Mark Cavendish, who completes the endurance team and will ride in the Omnium, may still ride in the pursuit, according to Salzwedel, but a final decision will only be made during the Games.
“They’re breaking the world record in training. That’s no secret and a couple of people have seen it. How much faster, I don’t want to elaborate,” Salzwedel told Cyclingnews just before leaving for Rio on Wednesday.
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The team held a pre-Olympic training camp in Newport, Wales, and used the local velodrome to prepare.
“The camp has been a good environment and has provided some good memories for the riders from back in 2008 and 2012 when we used the same location,” Salzwedel added.
If Wiggins and the team are to come away from Rio with their title successfully defended then they will need to see off the challenge from Australia. Their arch rivals inflicted defeat on home soil at the World Championships in London earlier this year, but Salzwedel insists that his team have moved on significantly since then.
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