Mark Christian's Isle of Man cycling coach Mike Doyle believes he fully derserves his call-up to the British Under-23 Olympic Academy.
Christian will be based in Manchester from November and will spend next summer at a training camp in Italy.
Doyle says the hard work starts now:-
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