Former drug cheat David Millar selected for Team GB road cycling squad David Millar has been named in Great Britain's five-man road cycling squad for London 2012 after the British Olympic Association were forced to drop their bylaw banning those with prior doping offences. Millar, who served a two-year suspension from 2004 to 2006 after admitting to taking banned blood booster EPO, is set to make his first Olympic appearance since Sydney in 2000 in the road race on the opening day the Games, July 28. The 35-year-old Scot is joined in the team by world champion Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome - all currently competing in the Tour de France - and British champion Ian Stannard. Wiggins and Froome have been selected for the August 1 time-trial at Hampton Court. Steve Cummings, Ben Swift and Jeremy Hunt were cut from the initial eight-man long list announced on June 13, but could be required if illness, injury or loss of form affects any of the five riders named. Since his suspension began just prior to the Athens Olympics, Millar has become a leading campaigner for drug-free sport. He is set to support Cavendish's bid for Olympic gold in the 250-kilometre road race on July 28, with his experience crucial for an event which will be challenging to control. Despite being Commonwealth Games champion, Millar was overlooked for the time-trial event. The Olympic road race takes place six days after the Tour concludes in Paris. First Cavendish, Wiggins, Froome (all Team Sky) and Millar (Garmin-Sharp) must negotiate the Alps and Pyrenees en route to the Champs Elysees. Wiggins is aiming to be the first British winner of the yellow jersey, then hopes to help Cavendish triumph on a gruelling nine-lap circuit which includes Box Hill in Surrey, before concentrating on his own bid for a fourth Olympic gold after three on the track. "I'm happy to be a part of it," said Wiggins, who will be riding in his fourth Games. We've got a good chance to win the road race with Cav and it's a London Olympics which makes it very special. I've also got a chance to go for my fourth gold medal in the time trial. Cummings, at the Tour riding for BMC Racing in support of defending champion Cadel Evans, had been expected to get a place, but Team Sky rider Stannard's June 24 British title success in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, clearly impressed. British Cycling performance director Dave Brailsford said: "The final selection for the men's road race was a tough choice as we had a really strong squad of riders to pick from. We have selected the five riders who we believe are on the best form and will give us the fastest team for the race. All the riders selected have a gruelling few weeks coming up, with Ian due to ride in the Tour of Poland and the rest of the lads riding in the Tour de France, so we'll be keeping an eye on injury and form but for now, I am confident that we have picked the best team for the race. The selection completes the 27-rider cycling squad for the Games across four disciplines.