Pidcock heads reduced GB World Championships team

Tom Pidcock will spearhead the British challenge in a smaller than usual team at the Road World Cycling Championships in Rwanda.

There are no riders named for either the women’s road race or the men’s time trial, while Olympic silver medalist Anna Henderson is the sole British entrant in the women’s time trial.

Pidcock, 26, who finished third in the Vuelta a Espana at the weekend, is joined by 22-year-old Oscar Onley, who was fourth in this summer’s Tour de France, in the eight-strong men’s road race line-up.

The championships are being held in Africa for the first time and are being described as the toughest ever.

Rwanda is nicknamed the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ and the men’s road race features 5,475m of elevation over the 267.5km course in the nation’s capital Kigali.

Elite men – Joe Blackmore, Mark Donovan, Oliver Knight, James Knox, Bjorn Koerdt, Oscar Onley, Tom Pidcock, Fred Wright

Elite women – Anna Henderson (TT)

Under-23 men – Callum Thornley

Under-23 women – Zoe Backstedt (TT only), Millie Couzens (TT and RR), Cat Ferguson, Flora Perkins, Eilidh Shaw, Imogen Wolff

Junior men – Max Hinds (RR and TT), Harry Hudson, Matthew Peace, Dylan Sage (RR and TT)

Sunday, 21 September

09:00-12:25 BST – Women’s Time Trial on iPlayer/BBC Sport website

12:35-17:00 BST – Men’s Time Trial on iPlayer/BBC Sport website

14:30-17:00 – BBC Two

Saturday, 27 September

10:55-16:15 BST – Women’s Road Race on iPlayer/BBC Sport website

Sunday, 28 September

08:35-1605 BST – Men’s Road Race on iPlayer/BBC Sport website