Pidcock and Henderson to lead GB at World Championships

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Tom Pidcock, Anna Henderson and Sarah Storey have all been included in Great Britain’s squad for the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.

Joshua Tarling, Fin Graham, and Adam and Simon Yates have also been named in GB’s 55-person squad.

Eleven road and 53 para-road events will take place at this year’s championships from September 21-29, with most races being shown on the BBC Sport website and app.

Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock will lead Great Britain’s men’s road race team supported by Tour de Suisse champion Adam Yates, his twin brother Simon, Oscar Onley, Mark Donovan, James Knox and Jake Stewart.

Tarling, who narrowly missed out on an Olympic time trial medal in Paris, competes in the time trial and will hope to improve on his third-placed finish in Glasgow at last year’s championships.

The women’s road race team will be led by Henderson, with the Paris silver-medallist supported by double-Olympic track medallist Elinor Barker, Lizzie Holden and Claire Steels.

In the para-road events 12-time world champion Sarah Storey, who won her 30th Paralympic medal in September, will start in the women’s C5 race.

Paralympic champion Graham will compete in the C1-3 category, having won the C3 title in Glasgow last year, while Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl, who collected two golds in Paris, will ride in the women’s tandem.

Ben Wiggins, son of 2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins, will compete in the men’s under-23 time trial.

Who are the favourites for the rainbow jersey?

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel (centre), who won last year's men's road race title, standing next to Tadej Pogacar (right) who is favourite for this year's crown

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Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar is the favourite for the men’s road race title, with the Slovenian targeting road cycling’s triple crown.

Should Pogacar add the rainbow jersey to his Tour and Giro d’Italia wins he would become the first male rider to claim all three titles in the same year since Republic of Ireland’s Stephen Roche in 1987.

Olympic road and time trial champion Remco Evenepoel will compete in both World Championship events. The Belgian is the defending world time trial champion although GB’s Tarling is an outsider to steal his crown.

Chloe Dygert of the United States is the defending women’s time trial champion, while Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky won the road race in Glasgow last year.

This year’s elite road races feature tough, hilly courses from Uster to Zurich across 274km in the men’s event and 154km in the women’s.

When is the BBC’s coverage of the UCI world championships?

Sunday, 22 September (all times BST)

0900-10:30 – Para-cycling women’s B and C4-C5 time trials livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

10:50-17:00 – Women’s and men’s time trials livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

13:20-17:00 – Live coverage on BBC Two

Tuesday, 24 September

10:00-14:30 – Para-cycling women’s and men’s C1-C3 time trials livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

Wednesday, 25 September

09:45 12:15 – Para-cycling women’s B road race livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

Thursday, 26 September

11:15-13:45 – Para-cycling men’s C3 road race livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

Saturday, 28 September

09:45-11:45 – Para-cycling women’s C1-C3 and C4-C5 road races livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

11:35-16:15 – Women’s road race livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

14:00-16:15 – Live coverage on BBC Two

Sunday, 29 September

09:20-16:30 – Men’s elite road race livestream coverage on the BBC Sport website and app

14:40-16:30 – Live coverage on BBC Two

Great Britain’s team for the UCI World Championships in full

Men’s Road team

Mark Donovan, James Knox, Tom Pidcock, Oscar Onley, Jake Stewart, Josh Tarling, Stevie Williams, Adam Yates, Simon Yates

Women road team

Elinor Barker, Anna Henderson, Lizzie Holden, Claire Steels

Under-23 men

Joe Blackmore, Matthew Brennan, Josh Charlton, Bob Donaldson, Oliver Stockwell, Louis Sutton, Callum Thornley, Ben Wiggins

Under-23 women

Josie Nelson, Alice Towers

Junior men

Oliver Dawson, Seb Grindley, Elliot Rowe, Dylan Sage, Fin Tarling

Junior women

Arabella Blackburn, Cat Ferguson, Carys Lloyd, Imogen Wolff, Esther Wong

Para-road cycling

Men

Archie Atkinson (C4), Felix Barrow (T2), Will Bjergfelt (C5), Jaco van Gass (C3), Fin Graham (C3), Matt Robertson (C2), Callum Russell (H4), Ben Watson (C3)

Women

Fran Brown (C1), Amelia Cass (C2), Morgan Newberry (C5), Daphne Schrager (C2), Sarah Storey (C5), Katie Toft (C1)

Tandems

Lora Fachie (piloted by Corrine Hall), Lizzi Jordan (piloted by Danni Khan), Chris McDonald (piloted by Adam Duggleby), Sophie Unwin (piloted by Jenny Holl)

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