Leicestershire cyclist Lucy Garner has been named in the England cycling team to compete at the Commonwealth Games, which begin in Glasgow next month.
The 19-year-old from Cosby will take her place in the women's road race, where England have named a powerful seven-rider squad headed by Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead.
The former Countesthorpe Community College student is the youngest rider in the England road team but has earned her call-up thanks to a series of excellent results on the continent this year riding with the Dutch Giant-Shimano team.
The double junior world champion has had five top-three finishes in elite races so far in 2014 and at the recent Women's Tour, staged in the UK, she was seventh overall in a world class field, taking the Best British rider jersey at the finish.
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