Olympics 2016: What time is the cycling and who is riding for Team GB?

British riders will be hoping to repeat their amazing success of London 2012 in the velodrome and beyond at Rio 2016

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If there is one Olympic sport in which Team GB excels it is the cycling and hopes are high for another mammoth medal haul at Rio 2016.

At London 2012 British riders won eight of the 18 events and on the track they were so dominant that they only failed to win a medal in one event, the women's team sprint, and that was because Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish were disqualified.

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