Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton said she is in the best shape of her life and cannot wait for the London Games to begin.

The Wilmslow-based gold medallist added that her rigorous two-year training plan has left her in peak physical condition and she is counting down the days until the start of the competition.

Pendleton said: "Training has been going really well, I’m really pleased with it.

"I took a two-year training programme to build up to the Olympics and I’m really pleased with the way it’s panned out and I think I’m in the best form I’ve ever been in at this stage.

"I don’t really think I could get any fitter. As an elite athlete you’re always on the limit, push yourself any further and you could get injured."

With so much anticipation, the world champion said she cannot wait to step out for her first race.

She added: "There’s a lot of pressure but we’ve always known it was going to be building.

"The pressure is not going to disappear and life will be a breeze tomorrow but it adds to the challenge of what you want to achieve and how you’re going to push yourself.

"This is going to be the hardest and biggest event I’ve ever competed in and I want to do my very best.

"I want to take it all in because sometimes you’re so involved in your little area of sport you forget you’re on the team representing GB at the Olympic Games; it’s a pretty special thing.

"I want to look back on it for the rest of my life and just think ‘wow’."