Froome, Swift and Armitstead lead British challenge at road worlds

Chris Froome leads a British team that has strong Yorkshire medal chances at the Road World Championships in Spain later this month.
Sir Bradley Wiggins will only contest the time trial at the world championships.Sir Bradley Wiggins will only contest the time trial at the world championships.
Sir Bradley Wiggins will only contest the time trial at the world championships.

Froome is joined in the nine-man squad by Commonwealth Games champion Geraint Thomas, British champion Pete Kennaugh and David Millar, who will be racing for the final time in a Great Britain jersey.

Also in the squad for the men’s road race on September 28 in Ponferrada, are Steve Cummings, Luke Rowe, the Yates twins Simon and Adam and Rotherham’s Ben Swift, who is another who could be a protected rider should the race end in a sprint.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins, as expected, is named only for the time-trial, alongside Commonwealth Games champion Alex Dowsett.

Lizzie Armitstead leads the six-rider women’s squad, which also includes two-time junior world champion Lucy Garner.

Hannah Barnes, Anna Christian and mountain bike riders Annie Last and Alice Barnes complete the line-up. There is no entrant in the women’s time-trial following Emma Pooley’s retirement.

Technical director Shane Sutton said: “Lizzie Armitstead has a great team around her including two mountain bikers who should be able to support her on the reasonably hilly course.”

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