O'Grady boasts an impressive CV, having won gold in the Commonwealth Games road race in 2002 and led the Tour de France in 1998 and 2001, winning a stage to Grenoble in 1998.

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Wiggins, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner, and Cavendish, the reigning world road race champion and BBC Sports Personality of the Year, had a magnetic appeal as thousands of spectators turned out at Ipswich Waterfront.

BBC: Tour of Britain: Ipswich welcomes Wiggins and Cavendish

Great Britain won seven out of 10 track cycling golds at the London 2012, and on the road Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins won gold in the men's time trial and Lizzie Armitstead won silver in the women's road race.

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Great Britain won seven out of 10 track cycling golds at the London 2012 Olympics, and on the road, Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins won gold in the men's time trial and Lizzie Armitstead won silver in the women's road race.

BBC: Cyclist