Millar named in Britain's Olympic road cycling squad

David Millar, who served a two-year drug ban from 2004 to 2006 for taking the blood-boosting agent EPO, was on Wednesday named in Britains Olympic road cycling squad.Millar will be joined by world champion Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome, Ian Stannard and three-time Olympian Bradley Wiggins, one of the big favourites for the yellow jersey in the ongoing Tour de France.The road race is a 250km circuit in central London on July 28, the opening day of the Games. Froome and Wiggins have also been selected to ride the time trial on August 1.Team GB proved in 2008 that our country is a world leader in the sport of cycling, Team GB chef de mission Andy Hunt said.The men that have been selected today to compete in the Road Race and Time Trial have a huge amount of potential, and will be hoping to get Team GB off to a flying start with success on day one of the Games.In Bradley Wiggins we have a cyclist that already knows all about Olympic success with three gold medals on the track to his name, and in Mark Cavendish we have an athlete that continues to climb the ladder towards the cycling greats as he consistently proved his speed and class over the last two years.To have their presence in the squad is a huge boost and their leadership will be important to the team as a whole in London.Wiggins said: Im happy to be a part of it, weve got a good chance to win the road race with Cav and its a London Olympics which makes it very special. Ive also got a chance to go for my fourth gold medal in the time trial.Following the end of his two-year suspension, Millar still remained barred from future Olympics under the British Olympic Association (BOA) bye-law imposing a lifetime Games ban on anyone found guilty of, or admitting to, doping offences.But that ruling was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in April, paving the way for the likes of Millar and sprint runner Dwain Chambers to return to Olympic competition.