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Hoy looks to 2012 as Beijing glow fades

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Oct 29, 2009

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Team GB are switched on despite possible changes to the 2012 track cycling programme

A year ago this week, Great Britain's cyclists assembled for the World Cup in Manchester in the euphoric haze that followed the team's domination in Beijing. Against a relatively weakened international field the squad continued where they had left off in China, taking 14 gold medals. Twelve months on, the mood is different. Beijing is firmly in the past, London is beginning to heave into view.

There have been changes aplenty. The performance director, Dave Brailsford, has spent most of the last year setting up the Team Sky squad. The pursuit gold medallist Rebecca Romero is still considering her options, and track may not be among them. Bradley Wiggins has been transformed from a pursuit specialist to a Tour de France contender. Paul Manning, a gold medallist in the team pursuit, has retired, gone to work in construction, then returned to the fold as a coach. Chris Hoy, now a knight of the realm, has barriers up to keep autograph hunters at bay when he trains.

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