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British Cycling announces Cross Country and Relay Teams for UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

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Published on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 11:41

Written by Luca Salvatelli

British Cycling has today announced the team selected to represent GB in the Cross Country and Relay disciplines at the 2011 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships taking place in Champéry, Switzerland from 31 August – 4 September 2011. The riders who will represent GB in the Down Hill, Four Cross and Trials will be selected after the final World Cup of the season.

Five recently crowned National Champs will represent Great Britain in the Cross-Country event, including 21 year-old Annie Last who has ridden in the Elite category this season despite being an under-23 rider, scoring three top-twenty finishes at World Cup level. For the World Championships, she will ride in the U23 category in accordance with the UCI rules in an event in which she won the silver medal in 2010.

British Cycling’s Olympic Mountain Bike Coach Phil Dixon said: “I’m pleased with the GB team we’re submitting for the Cross Country event, with all of the riders having performed consistently at World Cups this season. The team will be looking to build on the 2010 World Championship performance across all age categories in September. We’re also submitting a strong team into the Relay event this year as it holds Olympic qualification points for us and I’m pleased to have World Down Hill Champion Tracy Moseley on the team for this event. We’ll announce the Down Hill, Four Cross and Trials riders after the final World Cup of their season to ensure that everyone has every possible opportunity to gain selection.”

CROSS COUNTRY:

Elite Men

Liam Killeen

Oli Beckingsale

U23 Men

David Fletcher

Kenta Gallagher

U23 Women

Annie Last

Junior Men

Grant Ferguson

Matt Sumpton

Junior Women

Bethany Crumpton

Katy Winton

RELAY:

Grant Ferguson

David Fletcher

Kenta Gallagher

Tracy Moseley