Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish (LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC)

Jess Varnish, left, and Victoria Pendleton

#Team GB Victoria Pendleton is comforted by a team staffer

The British pair, who were set for a gold-medal race against China, were relegated after Pendleton appeared to move to the front too early at the end of the first lap of the two-lap race.