The world champion men’s team sprint trio of Eddie Dawkins, Ethan Mitchelland Sam Webster - named last month along with female sprinter Natasha Hansen – will be joined in Rio by current time trial world champion Linda Villumsen. The other world champion is mountain biker Sam Gaze, also confirmed last month, who recently took out the under-23 cross-country crow. Five current world champions will spearhead the New Zealand cycling team to next month’s Rio Olympic Games, announced today by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
