British Cycling has today announced the team selected to represent Great Britain at the forthcoming UCI Mountain Bike World Championships taking place in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa from 26 August to 1 September.
Great Britain will be represented by five British Cycling Programme riders in the Cross Country event, including Kenta Gallagher who recently took his first World Cup podium when he won gold in the Cross Country Eliminator event in Czech Replublic. Fellow Podium Programme rider and Olympian Annie Last misses out on selection due to recovering from a back injury.
Rachel Atherton and brother Gee Atherton have been included in the selection for the Down Hill, both having had consistent success in the World Cup series this year.
Wales' Manon Carpenter is in her second year as an elite senior rider, and has had some impressive results at this years UCI World Cup Series in the Down Hill events. Carpenter most recently won the Copa del Cataluna race in Andorra, a UCI test event on the new world cup track.
Junior trials rider and current Junior European Trials Champion Jack Carthy has made the team for the Trials event.
CROSS COUNTRY:
U23 Men
Grant Ferguson
Kenta Gallagher
U23 Women
Beth Crumpton
Junior Men
Michael Thompson
Junior Women
Alice Barnes
DOWNHILL:
DHI Elite Men
Gee Atherton
Danny Hart
Josh Bryceland
Greg Williamson
Steve Peat
Marc Beaumont
Matt Simmonds
Brendan Fairclough (reserve)
Bernard Kerr (reserve)
Elite Women
Rachel Atherton
Manon Carpenter
Fionn Griffiths
Junior Men
Michael Jones
Phil Atwill
Innes Graham
George Gannicott
Sam Herd
Junior Women
Tahnee Seagrave
TRIALS
Elite Men
Andrei Burton
Junior Men
Jack Carthy
