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The future looks bright for British cycling

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Nov 02, 2009

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Manchester's World Cup was a chance for the young cyclists who are keeping Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins on their toes

For Great Britain's cyclists, the weekend's World Cup in Manchester was a matter of setting a marker – as the performance director, Dave Brailsford, put it – so the team knows what to look forward to in the five months until the world championship, and in the two years, nine months until the Olympics in London. The marker was duly set, and it reads like this: as good as before, but younger.

Behind Sir Chris Hoy, Jamie Staff and Victoria Pendleton there is youthful talent everywhere. Bradley Wiggins has moved on to the Tour de France from the individual and team pursuits, and while it is uncertain whether the former competition will make it to London, Wiggins' position is not assured either. With only a handful of races at the distance under his belt, 23-year-old Geraint Thomas – a gold medallist in Beijing at the team event – is now putting out times that match Wiggins' best.

In the team event it could be argued that Thomas ranks as a veteran, a

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