Rachel Atherton ruled out of mountain bike World Championships

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Rachel Atherton
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Five-time champion Rachel Atherton will miss the Mountain Bike World Championships on medical advice.

The British downhill rider tore her Achilles tendon last July and hoped to return to action at the event in Austria this weekend.

However the 32-year-old has accepted she is not ready to return to elite racing at Leogang.

Great Britain are sending 31 senior and junior downhill and cross-country riders to the event.

Among them are Annie Last, the Commonwealth Games cross-country champion and Tahnée Seagrave, who has twice won downhill world silver medals.

Tom Pidcock – who has signed to ride for the Ineos Grenadiers road team – will aim to win his third Under-23 world title in the cross-country field, having already claimed rainbow jerseys in road and cyclocross championships.

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