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British Cycling has today announced the Great Britain team which will compete in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, taking place on 4-8 April 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Fresh from their success at the final round of the World Cup series in London, where they topped the medal table and broke two world records in front of a sell-out home crowd, a team of 15 riders will travel to Australia including reigning world champions Wendy Houvenaghel, Dani King and Laura Trott (women’s team pursuit) and Jason Kenny (sprint).

Performance Director Dave Brailsford said: “The London World Cup was very positive for us in terms of performance and we’re looking to continue the momentum going into the World Championships. We have selected a very similar team to travel to the World Championships; the only difference is in the men’s sprint squad. In London, Ross Edgar was in the early stages of recovering from an injury and we think the best option for him now is to focus his training in the gym and on the road over the next few months and as such he won’t travel to Australia – this doesn’t mean we have ruled him out of selection for the Olympic Games.

"The sprint coaches also feel that Philip Hindes has shown great potential in training and therefore it would be good for his development to shadow the World Championships team this year. Overall, we’re going to Australia feeling confident, and we’re looking forward to competing one last time before the Olympic Games.”

Riders:

Sprint

Matt Crampton

Philip Hindes

Sir Chris Hoy

Jason Kenny

Victoria Pendleton

Jess Varnish

Men’s Endurance

Steven Burke

Ed Clancy

Pete Kennaugh

Ben Swift

Geraint Thomas

Women’s Endurance

Wendy Houvenaghel

Dani King

Joanna Rowsell

Laura Trott