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Tom Davidson

Why aren't Team GB's cyclists staying in the Olympic village?

Josie Knight leading the British women's team pursuit squad at the Olympics.

You may have already noticed from the Instagram videos, but when a British cyclist wins a medal at the Paris Olympics, they receive a guard of honour back at the team’s lodgings. They walk over a Team GB mat, and into a wide room, clad with Union Jacks. It doesn't look like the cramped apartment blocks of the Olympic village. That's because it isn't. 

While many of Team GB's athletes are staying in the village, the majority of the cycling squad is staying out of town, in a hotel near Versailles. 

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