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Mark Cavendish MSR 2012 (© Simon MacMichael)Cavendish, Froome and Armitstead head GB Road World Championships long list
British Cycling has announced the long list of riders from which the squad that will contest the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, next month will be chosen.
Lizzie Armitstead, British and Commonwealth champion, Olympic silver medallist and winner of the UCI Women World Cup last season, spearheads Great Britain’s challenge in the women’s road race, seeking to follow Beryl Burton, Mandy Jones and Nicole Cooke into the rainbow jersey.
The long list for the men’s elite road race includes two-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome, who may also feature in the time trial, an event in which he won an Olympic bronze medal at London 2012 behind Sir Bradley Wiggins.
Also named is Mark Cavendish, who in Copenhagen in 2011 became only the second British male rider to win a Road World Championship, the other being the late Tom Simpson who triumphed at San Sebastian in 1965.
UCI president Brian Cookson last year hailed the routes of the elite road races in Richmond as providing “challenging, exciting and scenic courses for the world’s best cyclists.”
– Punchy climbs and cobbles - 2015 Road Worlds in Richmond, Virginia have makings of a Classic
Here are the long lists for the various events, as notified by British Cycling
Elite Men (road race nine places, time trial two places)
Adam Blythe
Mark Cavendish
Steve Cummings
Alex Dowsett
Andy Fenn
Chris Froome
Luke Rowe
Geraint Thomas
Scott Thwaites
Ian Stannard
Ben Swift
Adam Yates
Simon Yates
Elite Women (road race six places, time trial two places)
Lizzie Armitstead
Alice Barnes
Hannah Barnes
Lucy Coldwell
Lucy Garner
Hayley Simmonds
Jessie Walker
Molly Weaver
U23 Men (road race five places, time trial two places)
Hugh Carthy
Gabriel Cullaigh
Scott Davies
Owain Doull
Tao Geoghegan Hart
Matt Gibson
Chris Latham
Chris Lawless
Alex Peters
James Shaw
Junior Men (road race three places, time trial two places)
Nathan Draper
Alex Braybrooke
Joey Walker
Joe Holt
Joseph Fry
Matthew Bostock
Junior Women (road race four places, time trial two places)
Henrietta Colborne
Eleanor Dickinson
Grace Garner
Elizabeth Holden
Abby-Mae Parkinson
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Looking at the list and the course i would go for either one of the Yates brothers or Stannard. Its a long route though, 264kms.
Hannah Barnes is injured, but now not requiring surgery and may still be fit.
The Road Race will all be based around Lizzie anyway and I suspect the two TT riders will be Hayley and Molly.
Hannah said on Twitter yesterday she definitely isn't riding.
https://twitter.com/bannahharnes/status/636623689618968576
You'd think BC would have asked her and possibly added another rider to the longlist before naming her....
Is there any way Froome could win it? He's 400:1 at the moment, which suggests not but just imagine the vindication of a £5 bet!
British Cycling with their finger on the pulse as usual - Hannah Barnes is injured and won't be fit.
Congratulations to Hayley Simmonds who's had an absolutely fabulous season
If Geraint Thomas wasn't doing the Vuelta I would say he's our best bet. The course is like the Glasgow commie games course from last year. Of all the GB riders I'd say it suits G the most but will he be too tired?
Mind you the bookies are offering 100/1 on G winning the rainbow jersey. Well worth a tenner.