The cyclist won the women's keirin on August 3 and is cycling for a second gold in tonight's (August 7) sprint competition.
Victoria Pendleton is set to light up the velodrome tonight in the women's sprint final; if she brings home another gold for GB, the EDF Energy London Eye will shine gold in the evening.
The image is part of EDF Energy's Energy of the Nation campaign.
EDF is measuring all Olympic-themed tweets before converting the data into a light show projected from the EDF Energy London Eye.
The London landmark is lit up in Olympic colours every night during the 2012 event between 9pm and 10pm.
Earlier this year, Pendleton posed as Britannia as part of a campaign for Hovis.
The sports star has reportedly been targeted to appear in the next series of Strictly Come Dancing, alongside fellow Olympians Beth Tweddle and Rebecca Adlington.
London 2012 Olympic records - photo gallery:
US swimmer Michael Phelps holds up a silver trophy after being honoured as the most decorated Olympian, with 20 medals, at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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