LONDON Olympic Games gold medalist Ed Clancy heads the star-studded entry list for this year's Abergavenny Festival of Cycling in August.

The Barnsley-born star was one of the 2012 quartet, including Wales' Geraint Thomas, that won gold in the team pursuit at the Olympic Velodrome and also set a world record in the process.

Clancy, who also took bronze in the omnium at the Olympics - cycling's version of athletics' heptathlon - has entered both the Chepstow Grand Prix on Wednesday, August 5, which is the penultimate leg of this year's British Cycling Elite Circuit Series, and the final leg, which takes place in Abergavenny at the Welsh Open Critirum on Friday, August 7.

Clancy will be riding for the JLT Condor team that also includes Kristian House - the winner of the 2009 National Road Race Championships in Monmouthshire.

And the Series will also see the first appearance at the Festival of Cycling of the new Team Wiggins outfit with six riders led by Mark Christian, a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist on the track.

Organiser Bill Owen said: "It is great to have Ed back again this year as he rode the Welsh Open Criterium with us previously and made a big impact.

"He is an Olympic champion and it is not too often that we see one of those on the streets of Monmouthshire - and not just once but twice this year in Chepstow and Abergavenny.

"The Elite Circuit Series always makes a big splash in our area and to have the final two races of the Series in our county, where the title is likely to be decided, is a great coup for everyone involved in this year's Abergavenny Festival of Cycling."

The two town centre races precede the mass participation Iron Mountain Sportif on Saturday, August 8, where cyclists of all abilities can ride the circuit taken by Sir Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Mark Cavendish and Thomas in those 2009 National Road Championships.

And there is also a large entry on Sunday, August 9, for the conclusion to the Festival of Cycling - the Grand Prix of Wales road race in which House will be aiming to repeat his victory of six years ago.

Welsh internationals Dale Appleby and Rhys Lloyd will be looking to take the title for the Principality.

Entrie details for the Iron Mountain Sportif, which has five routes from 20 miles to 100 miles in length plus a women's only ride, are available online at abergavennyfestivalofcycling.co.uk or by searching for the Abergavenny Festival of Cycling page on Facebook.