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Mark Cavendish joins Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome on British Olympic cycling team

Mark Cavendish will get a third shot at his first Olympic medal.

The 26-time Tour de France stage winner was named as part of the British Olympic track cycling team on Friday, a squad headlined by Bradley Wiggins, who shares the British record of seven Olympic medals.

Two-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome, a 2012 Olympic time trial bronze medalist, headlines the road team.

Great Britain dominated track cycling at the London Games, winning seven of a possible 10 gold medals. Great Britain won no more than four gold medals in any other sport at those Games.