(Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAPStar cycling defector Matt Richardson has been sidelined because of injury, denying the Glasgow Commonwealth Games of one of its top drawcards. His stunning withdrawal has robbed the Games' track cycling program of its biggest name. The Kent-born star's showdown with former teammate Leigh Hoffman shaped as arguably the biggest story of the Glasgow Games. He would have competed in the team sprint when the track program starts on Thursday night (AEST). "The Aussies want me to smash him, the Brits want him to smash me and that's the way it goes," Hoffman said when the Australian cycling Games team was announced.