Shanaze Reade joins Madison Genesis for 2015/16 track season
Former track and BMX world champion Shanaze Reade will ride for Madison Genesis on the track this winter
Former team sprint world champion Shanaze Reade has joined Madison Genesis for the 2015/16 track season and will make her debut in Derby next weekend.
Reade, who has combined track cycling with a successful career as a BMX rider, returned to the fold of the Great Britain cycling team in April after concentrating on the latter discipline for the past few years in America.
Madison Genesis manager Roger Hammond said: "As a former multi world champion and Olympian, Shanaze is a unique rider as she has competed at the highest level in different disciplines of the sport, in doing so gathering a wealth of experience that we can all learn from.
"It is going to be an amazing journey with the Rio Olympic Games looming in the not-too-distant future now. I'm really looking forward to being a small part of Shanaze's preparations and ultimately, her bid for glory."
In 2007 and 2008 Reade, 26, paired with Victoria Pendleton to win the team sprint world title, also claiming the BMX World Championships in both years as well as in 2010.
With BMX introduced into the Olympic fold in 2008, Reade chose to participate in her favoured discipline in Beijing but crashed out in the final. She represented Team GB in BMX again at London 2012, finishing sixth in the final.
Reade will make her comeback on the track at the opening round of the Revolution Series at the new Derby Velodrome between August 14-16, with the overall goal appearing to be the Rio Olympics next August.
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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.
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