Two-time Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock will lead a smaller than usual British team at the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda scheduled to run from September 21-28. ALSO READ: Kigali DJs get decks ready to welcome guests for UCI race Great Britain will field no riders in both women’s road race and men’s time trial, leaving Olympic silver medalist Anna Henderson as the country’s sole representative in the women’s time trial. Former Tour du Rwanda winner Joe Blackmore and teammate Bjorn Koerdt, both part of the men’s elite road race squad, were still eligible for the under-23 events. Two of Britain’s all-time greats have just stepped away from the sport — Lizzie Deignan, the 2015 women’s world road race champion, retired in July, while former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas called time on his career earlier this month. ALSO READ: Cycling icons who shaped UCI Road World Championships Full Great Britain’s squad Elite men: Joe Blackmore, Mark Donovan, Oliver Knight, James Knox, Bjorn Koerdt, Oscar Onley, Tom Pidcock, Fred Wright Elite women: Anna Henderson Under-23 men: Callum Thornley Under-23 women: Zoe Backstedt, Millie Couzens, Cat Ferguson, Flora Perkins, Eilidh Shaw, Imogen Wolff Junior men: Max Hinds, Harry Hudson, Matthew Peace, Dylan Sage Junior women: Arabella Blackburn, Erin Boothman, Gabriella McHugh, Abi Miller, Mabli Phillips
