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Tom Pidcock, Anna Henderson and Sarah Storey person each been included successful Great Britain's squad for nan 2024 UCI Road World Championships successful Zurich, Switzerland.

Joshua Tarling, Fin Graham, and Adam and Simon Yates person besides been named successful GB's 55-person squad.

Eleven roadworthy and 53 para-road events will return spot astatine this year's championships from September 21-29, pinch astir races being shown connected nan BBC Sport website and app.

Olympic upland motorcycle champion Tom Pidcock will lead Great Britain's men's roadworthy title squad supported by Tour de Suisse champion Adam Yates, his copy relative Simon, Oscar Onley, Mark Donovan, James Knox and Jake Stewart.

Tarling, who narrowly missed retired connected an Olympic clip proceedings badge successful Paris, competes successful nan clip proceedings and will dream to amended connected his third-placed decorativeness successful Glasgow astatine past year's championships.

The women's roadworthy title squad will beryllium led by Henderson, pinch nan Paris silver-medallist supported by double-Olympic way medallist Elinor Barker, Lizzie Holden and Claire Steels.

In nan para-road events 12-time world champion Sarah Storey, who won her 30th Paralympic badge successful September, will commencement successful nan women's C5 race.

Paralympic champion Graham will compete successful nan C1-3 category, having won nan C3 title successful Glasgow past year, while Sophie Unwin and aviator Jenny Holl, who collected 2 golds successful Paris, will thrust successful nan women's tandem.

Ben Wiggins, boy of 2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins, will compete successful nan men's under-23 clip trial.

Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar is nan favourite for nan men's roadworthy title title, pinch nan Slovenian targeting roadworthy cycling's triple crown.

Should Pogacar adhd nan rainbow jersey to his Tour and Giro d'Italia wins he would go nan first antheral rider to declare each 3 titles successful nan aforesaid twelvemonth since Republic of Ireland's Stephen Roche successful 1987.

Olympic roadworthy and clip proceedings champion Remco Evenepoel will compete successful some World Championship events. The Belgian is nan defending world clip proceedings champion though GB's Tarling is an outsider to bargain his crown.

Chloe Dygert of nan United States is nan defending women's clip proceedings champion, while Belgium's Lotte Kopecky won nan roadworthy title successful Glasgow past year.

This year's elite roadworthy races characteristic tough, hilly courses from Uster to Zurich crossed 274km successful nan men's arena and 154km successful nan women's.

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

Men's Road team

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

Women roadworthy 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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