Mark Cavendish has been named in the Team GB Olympic cycling team for Rio 2016.

The 31-year-old, who has a property in Ongar, will ride in the omnium at his third games but has yet to win a medal.

Cavendish told BBC Sport he is not going to the Olympics to collect another kit after being named in the 26-strong track and road team.

He said: “I don’t need any more track suits.

“I’m aiming for gold but there are a lot of guys aiming for that, it will be good to go and I will do my best.

The cyclist will also race in the Tour de France, which commences on Saturday, and earlier this year he won the non-Olympic Madison world title with Bradley Wiggins earlier this year.

However, he admitted combining both training for the six-event omnium and the tour has taken its toll.

“It has been harder than I thought it would be,” he said.

“To combine the road and the track – I always did it before - but track cycling has moved on so much that it is really specialist now.

“It is harder than I anticipated, it’s been a hard year physically and emotionally and I just hope it will be worthwhile.”

Cavendish was named on the Dimension Data’s team for the Tour alongside Edvald Boasson Hagen, Steve Cummings and Daniel Teklehaimanot.

It remains unknown whether he will complete the Tour or leave the race early in order to prepare for the omnium at Rio 2016.

The Isle of Man-born athlete also came second in the British road race to 26-year-old Adam Blythe on Sunday.

The Tinkoff rider passed the 2013 winner Cavendish in the last 20 metres to take the national championship jersey and joined Cavendish in the only other non-Team Sky rider to win the event.