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| Chris Froome heads Great Britain team for Road World Championships | Chris Froome heads Great Britain team for Road World Championships |
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| Chris Froome will lead a British team full of options for the Road World Championships in Spain later this month. | Chris Froome will lead a British team full of options for the Road World Championships in Spain later this month. |
| Froome, the 2013 Tour de France winner and runner-up in the Vuelta a España which finished on Sunday, is joined in the nine-man squad by Commonwealth Games champion Geraint Thomas, British champion Pete Kennaugh and David Millar, who will captain the team in his final Great Britain race before he retires at the end of the season. | |
| Also in the squad for the men’s road race on 28 September, the final day of the World Championships in Ponferrada, are Steve Cummings, Luke Rowe, the Yates twins Simon and Adam and Ben Swift, who is another who could be a protected rider for if the race ends in a sprint. | Also in the squad for the men’s road race on 28 September, the final day of the World Championships in Ponferrada, are Steve Cummings, Luke Rowe, the Yates twins Simon and Adam and Ben Swift, who is another who could be a protected rider for if the race ends in a sprint. |
| Sir Bradley Wiggins, as expected, is named only for the time trial, which takes place on 24 September, alongside the Commonwealth Games champion Alex Dowsett. | |
| It means Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France winner, and Froome will not have raced together since last year’s World Championships in Florence, when not a single Briton finished in a desperate showing. The pair have not raced in the same Team Sky squad since the Tour of Oman in February 2013 amid suggestions of a feud dating to the 2012 Tour. | It means Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France winner, and Froome will not have raced together since last year’s World Championships in Florence, when not a single Briton finished in a desperate showing. The pair have not raced in the same Team Sky squad since the Tour of Oman in February 2013 amid suggestions of a feud dating to the 2012 Tour. |
| Wiggins, who is currently negotiating a new deal with Team Sky, is turning his attentions to the track for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. | Wiggins, who is currently negotiating a new deal with Team Sky, is turning his attentions to the track for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. |
| Sir Dave Brailsford, the Team Sky principal who resigned as British Cycling performance director in April, is overseeing the squad as British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton concentrates on the buildup to the track season. | |
| Lizzie Armitstead leads the six-rider women’s squad, which also includes the two-times junior world champion Lucy Garner. Hannah Barnes, Anna Christian and mountain bike riders Annie Last and Alice Barnes complete the lineup. Hannah and Alice Barnes are sisters. | |
| There is no entrant in the women’s time trial following Emma Pooley’s retirement as it is not believed anyone has medal potential. | |
| Sutton said: “I’m pleased with the teams we’ve selected for the UCI Road World Championships. Across the board, we have some real podium contenders. Sir Brad showed great form at the Tour of Britain this year, winning the time-trial stage, and of course Alex did a fantastic ride to win the time trial at the Commonwealth Games so it will be interesting to see how they get on. | Sutton said: “I’m pleased with the teams we’ve selected for the UCI Road World Championships. Across the board, we have some real podium contenders. Sir Brad showed great form at the Tour of Britain this year, winning the time-trial stage, and of course Alex did a fantastic ride to win the time trial at the Commonwealth Games so it will be interesting to see how they get on. |
| “Fellow Commonwealth Games champion Lizzie Armitstead has a great team around her including two mountain bikers who should be able to support her on the reasonably hilly course. | “Fellow Commonwealth Games champion Lizzie Armitstead has a great team around her including two mountain bikers who should be able to support her on the reasonably hilly course. |
| “For the men’s road race, Chris proved he’s in good shape by coming second at the Vuelta and I’m pleased David Millar will be leading the team in his last outing in Great Britain kit.” | “For the men’s road race, Chris proved he’s in good shape by coming second at the Vuelta and I’m pleased David Millar will be leading the team in his last outing in Great Britain kit.” |
| GB team for Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain | GB team for Road World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain |
| Men’s elite road race: Steve Cummings, Chris Froome, Pete Kennaugh, David Millar, Luke Rowe, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates, Simon Yates | |
| Men’s elite time trial: Alex Dowsett, Sir Bradley Wiggins | |
| Women’s elite road race: Lizzie Armitstead, Alice Barnes, Hannah Barnes, Anna Christian, Lucy Garner, Annie Last |
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