'One more race' - GB's Graham targets Worlds three-peat

"The Games decorativeness and you abruptly realise there's still 1 much title left."

Great Britain's Fin Graham won Paralympic golden successful nan C1-3 men's roadworthy title 2 weeks ago.

On Thursday he will extremity his play by trying to triumph his 3rd consecutive World Championship title.

Graham is 1 of 55 Great British athletes taking portion successful nan first mixed roadworthy cycling and Para-road cycling World Championships from 21-29 September, pinch astir races being shown connected nan BBC Sport website and app.

Big names specified arsenic Tom Pidcock, Anna Henderson, Adam and Simon Yates and Sarah Storey will each correspond GB astatine nan championships successful Zurich.

And, arsenic a four-time Paralympic medallist, Graham's sanction is being added to that prima position list, thing nan 24-year-old Scot is still getting utilized to.

"The different time my dada came into my room waking maine up to opportunity 'STV are present successful 10 minutes, you request to get up'.

"Suddenly your aged schoolhouse wants to spot you, superior and secondary. The media stuff, I want to make nan astir of it aft Paris... but it is besides benignant of draining."

On nan motorcycle is wherever Graham does his talking.

The pridefulness of Strathpeffer - a mini colony successful nan Scottish highlands, he is 1 of Great Britain's champion hopes to triumph a rainbow jersey successful Zurich.

Since 2022 he has claimed 4 world titles successful nan velodrome and 2 connected nan road.

After 2 metallic medals successful Tokyo, he concisely group a world grounds successful nan heats of nan C3 individual pursuit - only to person his clip beaten by team-mate Jaco van Gass specified minutes later.

"Classic Jaco," joked Graham. "He did nan aforesaid point successful Tokyo. It was truthful quick, astatine slightest springiness maine a chance to spot my grounds flash up connected nan screen!"

Van Gass hit Graham successful nan final, but nan Scot yet sewage his first Paralympic golden connected nan penultimate time of nan Games, outsprinting Frenchman Thomas Peyroton-Dartet successful a melodramatic finish.

Graham's shape intends he is favourite for nan roadworthy title connected Zurich's hilly course, and he besides fancies his chances successful Tuesday's C1-3 clip trial.

"Over nan past 2 years I’ve mislaid retired connected nan TT by a mixed clip of I deliberation astir 2 seconds, which is ridiculous complete nan distances we race," he told BBC Sport.

"Second successful Glasgow past twelvemonth was really difficult to take. My results had been truthful bully and nary GB rider had won nan clip proceedings before. I really wanted to triumph that."

Graham was calved pinch bilateral nine feet, leaving him pinch nary calf musculus and small to nary activity successful his ankles. When he turned 18 he was besides diagnosed pinch nan auto-immune information lupus.

Graham believes combining nan roadworthy and Para-road world championships, thing which has not yet been confirmed for adjacent year's roadworthy Worlds successful Kigali, Rwanda, is "massively important" for Para-sport.

"One of nan highlights of my profession was winning nan individual pursuit past twelvemonth successful Glasgow successful beforehand of a afloat crowd," he said.

That was successful nan inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships, which included Para-track cycling.

"At a normal Para-world championships, that sound of a sold-out velodrome conscionable doesn't happen," added Graham.

"Sharing nan shape pinch america and nan able-bodied batch is amazing.

"We are each successful nan aforesaid edifice wishing each different luck. That motivates you."

So, triumph aliases lose, what will Graham do aft nan World Championships - which marks nan extremity of his season?

"Sleep," he replied.

"I'll besides spell connected holiday. I'll beryllium capable to look backmost connected nan past mates of years and bask it, because it’s been specified a build-up of difficult activity and effort."

There are plentifulness of different British stars astatine this year's World Championships.

Olympic upland motorcycle champion Tom Pidcock will lead Great Britain's men's roadworthy title team, while Josh Tarling is an outsider to bargain Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel clip proceedings crown

The GB's women's roadworthy title squad is led by Anna Henderson, pinch nan Paris silver-medallist hoping to return nan rainbow jersey disconnected Chloe Dygert of nan United States.

In nan women's C5 title Great Britain's 12-time world champion Sarah Storey, who won her 30th Paralympic badge successful September, will commencement arsenic favourite.

Sophie Unwin and aviator Jenny Holl, who collected 2 golds successful Paris, will thrust successful nan women's tandem.

Sunday, 22 September (all times BST)

0900-10:30 - Para-cycling women's B and C4-C5 clip tests livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

10:50-17:00 - Women's and men's clip tests livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

13:20-17:00 - Live sum connected BBC Two

Tuesday, 24 September

10:00-14:30 - Para-cycling women's and men's C1-C3 clip tests livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

Wednesday, 25 September

09:45 12:15 - Para-cycling women's B roadworthy title livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

Thursday, 26 September

11:15-13:45 - Para-cycling men’s C3 roadworthy title livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

Saturday, 28 September

09:45-11:45 - Para-cycling women’s C1-C3 and C4-C5 roadworthy races livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

11:35-16:15 - Women's roadworthy title livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

14:00-16:15 - Live sum connected BBC Two

Sunday, 29 September

09:20-16:30 - Men's elite roadworthy title livestream sum connected nan BBC Sport website and app

14:40-16:30 - Live sum connected BBC Two