Academy spots for medallis

In total 25 riders will join or be retained on the scheme, whose graduates include the likes of Mark Cavendish and Olympic gold medallist Geraint Thomas.

The lack of Britain's top cyclists gave the younger generation a chance to stake their claim in Delhi.

And while Australia dominated cycling events - winning 14 out of 18 gold medals - British Cycling performance manager Shane Sutton is upbeat about his class of 2011.

Alex Dowsett, who won time trial silver behind David Millar in Delhi, and Lucy Martin have both been signed up to professional road race teams in 2011, while an interesting addition to the intake is 18-year old German born Philip Hindes.

Hindes raced for Germany at this year's Junior World Championships in Montichiari, placing fourth in the sprint and claiming silver in the team sprint.

However, he qualifies to race for Great Britain because his father is British.

BMX - Liam Phillips

Men's Endurance - Road and Track: George Atkins, Mark Christian, Andy Fenn, Sam Harrison, Tom Moses, Jon Mould, Luke Rowe, Simon Yates

Women's Endurance - Track: Katie Colclough, Hannah Mayho, Laura Trott

Mountain Bike - David Fletcher, Kenta Gallagher, Steve James, Annie Last, Lily Mathews

Sprint - David Daniell, Kian Emadi, Philip Hindes, Becky James, Pete Mitchell, Lewis Oliva, Callum Skinner, Jess Varnish