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Mark Cavendish, André Greipel and Rohan Dennis set for Tour of Britain

Olympic silver medalist and Tour de France champion Mark Cavendish will be racing at this year's Tour of Britain

Cavendish has been officially confirmed by Tour of Britain organisers, as well as top sprinter André Greipel and former UCI World Hour Record holder Rohan Dennis.

Cavendish, who has 30 stage victories in the Tour de France, won his first Olympic medal on Tuesday evening (August 16), taking Silver in the Omnium track event, and will be targeting the World Road Race Championships in Qatar in October. The Tour of Britain will be his first race post-Olympics.

The Manxman, who also has ten stage wins to his name in Britain's biggest professional cycle race, has been confirmed as a part of the Team Dimension Data provisional roster alongside Steve Cummings, who won Stage Seven of the Tour de France this summer and is twice a runner-up in the Tour of Britain (2008 and 2011).

Cavendish has been officially confirmed by Tour of Britain organisers, as well as top sprinter André Greipel and former UCI World Hour Record holder Rohan Dennis.

Cavendish, who has 30 stage victories in the Tour de France, won his first Olympic medal on Tuesday evening (August 16), taking Silver in the Omnium track event, and will be targeting the World Road Race Championships in Qatar in October. The Tour of Britain will be his first race post-Olympics.

The Manxman, who also has ten stage wins to his name in Britain's biggest professional cycle race, has been confirmed as a part of the Team Dimension Data provisional roster alongside Steve Cummings, who won Stage Seven of the Tour de France this summer and is twice a runner-up in the Tour of Britain (2008 and 2011).

In the sprints, Cavendish will face four-time Tour of Britain stage winner André Greipel, who won a hat trick of stages in 2010, and took victory during the 2015 Tour in Ipswich. The German, who rides for Lotto Soudal, won his 11th Tour de France stage this summer with the win on the final stage into Paris.

Dennis is set to make his Tour of Britain debut. He will head the BMC Racing Team line-up alongside Taylor Phinney, a world champion on both the road and track, who raced in the Tour of Britain last September.

They will be joined in the provisional BMC Racing Team line-up by Rick Zabel, the son of legendary Tour de France Green Jersey winner Erik, who is returning for his third consecutive Tour of Britain.

Sir Bradley Wiggins, who rode to a gold medal in the Men's team pursuit at Rio last week, announced his intention to ride the 2016 Tour of Britain but official confirmation is yet to be revealed. He plans to retire in November.

Tour of Britain race director Mick Bennett said: "In Mark Cavendish and André Greipel we have two of the world's top sprinters, who are both already multiple Tour of Britain stage winners, while we are delighted that BMC Racing Team will be bringing two outstanding time trialists in Rohan Dennis and Taylor Phinney to the race."

Three-hours of live coverage will be broadcast from each stage of the Tour of Britain, with both ITV4 and the BIKE Channel UK showing the race live, while ITV4 will also air a one-hour highlights programme each day.

The Tour of Britain is British Cycling's premier road cycling event giving cycling fans the opportunity to see the world's best teams and riders competing on their door step.

The Tour takes place from Sunday 4 to Sunday 11 September 2016.

2016 Tour of Britain Route

Stage one: Sunday, 4 September - Glasgow to Castle Douglas
Stage two: Monday, 5 September - Carlisle to Kendal
Stage three: Tuesday, 6 September - Congleton to Tatton Park, Knutsford
Stage four: Wednesday, 7 September - Denbigh to Builth Wells
Stage five: Thursday, 8 September - Aberdare to Bath
Stage six: Friday 9, September - Sidmouth to Haytor, Dartmoor
Stage seven a: Saturday, 10 September - Bristol Stage Individual Time Trial
Stage seven b: Saturday 10, September - Bristol Stage Circuit Race
Stage eight: Sunday 11, September - London Stage presented by TfL

Mark Cavendish will go head to head with Sprinters like André Greipel in the Tour of Britaon