David Millar, who admitted doping in 2004, was included in an eight-man shortlist of riders on Wednesday for Britain's road team at the London Olympics.

Four-times Olympic champion Chris Hoy was named in the men's track sprint team along with Jason Kennyalthough the decision as to which of the pair will take the only spot in the individual event has yet to be decided.

Kenny beat Hoy in the semifinals of the individual sprint at the world championships earlier this year and went on to take the silver medal after being relegated in the second round of the final for an illegal move against opponent Gregory Bauge of France.

Millar was cleared to compete in the Games after the British Olympic Association's lifetime ban on drug cheats was declared invalid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in April.

The 35-year-old was banned for two years from 2004 to 2006 after admitting taking the blood booster EPO.

The other riders on the list, which will be reduced to five for the Games, were world champion Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins, Steve Cummings, Chris Froome, Jeremy Hunt, Ian Stannard and Ben Swift.

Olympic champion Nicole Cooke heads the six-strong women's road squad from which four will be selected to compete.

World and Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton is joined in the women's sprint team by Jessica Varnish, the cyclist she set a then-team sprint world record with in February.

"We have selected what I believe to be an excellent team going into an Olympic Games and we have a good mix of experienced Olympians alongside young riders who are making their Olympic debut," Britain's cycling performance director Dave Brailsford said in a statement.

"We still have some decisions to make. For example the road teams will be refined in due course and who will ride what event on the track will be determined nearer the time.

"Overall though the GB cycling team has had a strong season across all the disciplines and we are ready to step up again at the Olympics," he added.

The Games start on July 27.