British Cycling omit Mark Cavendish, Adam and Simon Yates from Tokyo Olympic cycle squad

British Cycling have announced a reduced 87-strong squad for the Tokyo Olympic cycle, minus track and road star Mark Cavendish.

The squad includes most of Team GB's stars from Rio 2016, although there are no places for high-profile road racers Cavendish of Team Dimension Data and brothers Adam and Simon Yates, who race for the Australian Orica-Scott squad.

British Cycling learned in December that it would receive £26m in funding for the Tokyo Olympic cycle, down from the £30m received for the preparations for Rio.

They were told a maximum of 92 athletes could be funded by UK Sport and have decided to leave five places open.

That has affected the size of the men's road programme, which used to number 16 and has now been cut to eight, five of those including Chris Froome coming from Team Sky.

But the door is not closed for the likes of Cavendish, who won a silver medal in the omnium in Rio, and the Yates brothers with new British Cycling performance director Stephen Park confirming any rider not selected remains open for selection for world events and the Games.

Park said: "We've been working closely with all riders throughout, taking a personalised approach to the support we've offered.

"Any riders facing a non-renewal of programme membership were given three working days to make an appeal (and) all have been given a 'notice period' of three months...including full athlete medical scheme cover and support with an exit and transition plan as required.

"We are engaging with the riders who are no longer on the (squad) along with relevant staff to develop a solution which will be membership to an elite affiliate programme.

"There's still work to be done on the development of this programme but I envisage it will facilitate access to the GB coach and training camps ahead of the world championships.

"I'm pleased to say we will be replicating this model for the women's road programme too so we can broaden our support to talented athletes by offering them the affiliate programme membership benefits.

"It is also important to note that programme membership is considered in isolation from selection to represent Great Britain at World Championships and Olympic Games."

Olympic Podium Programme:

Men's BMX: Kyle Evans, Liam Phillips, Tre Whyte
Men's road: Owain Doull, Chris Froome, Dan McLay, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas, Scott Thwaites
Women's road: Alice Barnes, Hannah Barnes, Nikki Brammeier, Lizzie Deignan, Dani King
Men's track endurance: Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Chris Latham, Andy Tennant, Mark Stewart, Oliver Wood

Women's track endurance: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Neah Evans, Emily Kay, Laura Kenny, Danni Khan
Men's track sprint: Jack Carlin, Phil Hindes, Jason Kenny, Callum Skinner, Joe Truman, Ryan Owens
Women's track sprint: Becky James, Katy Marchant, Vicky Williamson

Olympic Senior Academy Programme:

Men's BMX: Quillan Isidore, Paddy Sharrock
Women's Mountain Bike: Ella Connolly, Evie Richards
Men's endurance (road and track): Matt Bostock, Angus Claxton, Adam Hartley, Ethan Hayter, Jacob Hennessy, Joe Holt, Matt Walls, Reece Wood

Women's endurance (road and track): Megan Barker
, Abbie Dentus
, Ellie Dickinson
, Manon Lloyd
, Mel Lowther,
Emily Nelson, 
Becky Raybould
Men's track sprint: Ryan Hutchinson
, Alex Jolliffe


Women's track sprint: Sophie Capewell, Brit Jackson

Olympic Junior Academy Programme:

Girls Mountain Bike: Sophie Wright
, Emily Wadsworth
Boys endurance (road and track): Rhys Britton, Jim Brown, Charley Calvert, 
Joe Nally
, Tom Pidcock
, Jake Stewart
,
Will Tidball
, Ethan Vernon, Fred Wright

Girls endurance (road and track): Georgia Ashworth, Rhona Callander, Anna Docherty, 
Lauren Dolan, 
Pfeiffer Georgi
, Jenny Holl
, Jess Roberts
, Ellie Russell
, Emily Tillett,
Boys track sprint: Ali Fielding, 
Caleb Hill, Lewis Stewart, 
Hamish Turnbull


Girls track sprint: Lauren Bate, Georgia Hilleard