JASON QUEALLY will lead England's charge in the cycling events at next week's Commonwealth Games.

The Chorley rider, who is the Olympic kilometre time trial champion, heads the list of proven achievers.

As well as winning silver in the event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur, he has also won medals at the last three World Championships.

Riding with Quelly in the team sprint event will be Jamie Staff, who looks likely to ride the kilometre time trial, an event in which he became the third fastest British rider to date in only his second race at the distance in June.

Olympic medallists in the team include Paul Manning, Chris Newton, Bryan Steel and Bradley Wiggins, who all picked up bronze medals at Sydney 2000 in the team pursuit, a discipline in which England are joint favourites with Australia.

In the women's team a clear medal hope is Emma Davies who was fourth in the women's individual pursuit at last year's World Championships.

This year mountain biking makes its first Commonwealth Games appearance, and Team England have two athletes who already know what it is like to win over the Games course.

Liam Killeen and Sue Thomas were the winners at the England selection race, the first and only time that the course will be used before the Games.

The sprint events will take place at the Velodrome in Manchester with the endurance races taking place at Rivington.

England cycling team manager Doug Dailey believes his team has real potential to win medals. He said: "Cycling has benefited hugely from lottery funding in recent years, and we now have a settled squad of full-time athletes with experience of competing at the highest level.

"We will be looking to perform significantly better than we did in Kuala Lumpur. The squad is based at Manchester and the track riders regularly train at the Velodrome, so the Commonwealth Games is effectively a home fixture for us, which is certain to be helpful."

England's cyclists picked up four silver medals and two bronzes at Kuala Lumpur.

Schedule: July 27 (am) Women's Road Time Trial, Rivington, (pm) Men's Road Time Trial, Riv

July 28 (eve) Women's 500m Time Trial, National Cycling Centre, Men's 1000m Time Trial, NCC.

July 29 (am) Women's Cross-Country, Riv, (pm) Women's Cross-Country, Riv, Men's Cross-Country, Riv

July 30 (am) Men's Sprint Qualification, NCC, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Qualification, NCC, (pm) Men's Sprint Round 1, NCC, Men's Sprint Round 1 Repechage, NCC, (eve) Men's Sprint Round 2, NCC, Men's Sprint Round 2 Repechage, NCC, Men's Sprint Eighth Final, NCC, Men's Sprint Eighth Final Repechage, NCC, Women's Points Race Final, NCC, Men's Sprint Quarter Final Match A, NCC

July 31 (am) Women's Sprint Qualification, NCC, Men's Sprint, Quarter Final Match B, NCC, (pm) Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Qualification, NCC, Men's Sprint Quarter Final Match C, NCC, (eve) Men's Sprint Semi Final Match A, NCC, Women's Sprint Quarter Final Match A, NCC, Men's Sprint Semi Final Match B, NCC, (eve) Women's Sprint Quarter Final Match B, NCC, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Semi Finals, NCC, Women's Sprint Quarter Final Match C, NCC, Men's Sprint Semi Final Match C, NCC, Men's Sprint Minor Final (9th - 12th Places), NCC, Men's Sprint Final Match A, NCC, Men's Sprint Minor Final (5th - 8th Places), NCC, Men's Sprint Final Match B, NCC, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Final, NCC, Men's Sprint Final Match C, NCC, Men's Sprint Victory Ceremony, NCC, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Victory Ceremony, NCC

August 1 (am) Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualification, NCC, (eve) Women's Sprint Semi Final Match A, NCC, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Semi Finals, NCC, Women's Sprint Semi Final Match B, NCC, Women's Sprint Semi Final Match C, NCC, Women's Sprint Final Match A, NCC, Women's Sprint Minor Final (5th - 8th Places), NCC, Women's Sprint Final Match B, NCC, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Final, NCC, Women's Sprint Final Match C, NCC, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit Victory Ceremony, NCC, Women's Sprint Victory Ceremony, NCC, Men's 20km Scratch Race Final, NCC, Men's 20km Scratch Race Victory Ceremony, NCC

August 2 (am) Men's Team Sprint Qualification, NCC, (eve) Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Semi Finals, NCC, Men's Team Sprint Semi Finals, NCC, Men's Points Race Final, NCC, Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Final, NCC, Men's Points Race Victory Ceremony, NCC, Women's 4000m Individual Pursuit Victory Ceremony, NCC, Men's Team Sprint Final, NCC, Men's Team Sprint Victory Ceremony, NCC

August 3 (am) Women's Road Race Final, Riv, Women's Road Race Victory Ceremony, Riv, (pm) Men's Road Race Final, Riv, (eve) Men's Road Race Victory Ceremony, Riv.