Thirty-two-year-old Roche comes into Rio fresher than most having not being selected on Sky’s team for the recent Tour De France. However, given his all-round skills and a CV packed with top 10 finishes in Grand Tours like le Tour and Vuelta A Espana, he was always going to be an automatic selection. This will be Roche’s third Olympics having finished 63rd in Beijing and 89th in London. He is a first cousin of Dan Martin - Nicholas's father Stephen is a brother to Dan’s mother Maria.
Nicholas Roche
