Mark Cavendish, Ethan Hayter and Lizzie Deignan have all been included in the Great Britain team for the UCI Road World Championships taking place in Flanders, Belgium.
British Cycling has named a squad of 30 riders in elite, under-23 and junior categories.
Olympic mountain-biking champion Tom Pidcock is included as GB aim to bounce back from winning no medals in 2020.
The championships will take place between 19-26 September.
There is no place in the team for 2018 Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas.
Thomas was part of Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics but has had disappointing form since a crash at the Tour de France in July. He dislocated his shoulder but continued to finish the race.
Hayter, 22, who recently finished second overall in the Tour of Britain, will be competing in both the elite men’s road race and time trial.
He will be joined in the road race by Cavendish and Pidcock.
Tour de Suisse champion Lizzie Deignan will compete in the elite women’s road race alongside fellow Olympian Anna Shackley.
Performance director Stephen Park said: “The Road World Championships are a key feature for the Great Britain Cycling Team’s road squad and it will be great to see the likes of Mark and Lizzie bring their form and experience into a team keen to do the jersey proud and bring back medals.
“It will be interesting to see how the elite men’s road race plays out, too – based on what we know about the course and with so many riders in top form, we’ve made the decision not to go with one team leader, giving us a number of options as the race plays out.”
Great Britain Cycling team for the UCI Road World Championships:
- Elite Women Road Race: Lizzie Deignan, Anna Shackley, Alice Barnes, Anna Henderson, Pfeiffer Georgi, Joss Lowden.
- Elite Women Time Trial: Joss Lowden, Pfeiffer Georgi.
- Elite Men Road Race: Tom Pidcock, Luke Rowe, Fred Wright, Jake Stewart, Connor Swift, Ben Swift, Mark Cavendish, Ethan Hayter.
- Elite Men Time Trial: Ethan Hayter, Dan Bigham.
- U23 Men Road Race: Ethan Vernon, Sam Watson, Oliver Stockwell, Robert Donaldson, Lewis Askey.
- U23 Men Time Trial: Ethan Vernon.
- Junior Women Road Race: Maddie Leech, Millie Couzens, Flora Perkins, Zoe Bäckstedt.
- Junior Women Time Trial: Zoe Bäckstedt, Maddie Leech, Millie Couzens (reserve).
- Junior Men Road Race: Max Poole, Finlay Pickering, Joshua Tarling, Jack Brough.
- Junior Men Time Trial: Finlay Pickering, Joshua Tarling, Max Poole (reserve).
- Mixed Team Time Trial: Dan Bigham (Team Leader), Alex Dowsett, John Archibald, Joss Lowden, Alice Barnes, Anna Henderson.