Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) on stage 6 of the 2019 Tour of California(Image credit: Getty Images)
Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)(Image credit: Getty Images)
British national champion Alice Barnes (Canyon Sram)(Image credit: Getty Images)
Great Britain will field 24 riders across eight events at the upcoming European Championships held from August 7-11 in the Netherlands. Newly crowned national champion Alice Barnes and her sister Hannah Barnes will lead the elite women's line-up for the women's road race on August 10 and Mark Cavendish is included in the men's line-up for the road race on August 11.
Cavendish was declared healthy to compete this spring after a two-year battle to recover from Epstein Barr virus. He was not selected to compete in the Tour de France by his Dimension Data team but instead raced at the Adriatica Ionica Race last month and he is participating in the Tour de Pologne from August 3.
Cavendish joins Tour de Yorkshire winner Chris Lawless in the elite men's team, along with Alex Dowsett, Luke Rowe, Dan McLay, Adam Blythe, Connor Swift and Gabz Cullaigh. The elite men will race 172.6km. National champion Dowsett will be Britain's representative in the elite men's 22.4km time trial held on August 8.
Barnes – who won the national road and time trial titles in June - is named as part of the elite women's squad that will race 115km. Joining her is sister, Hannah, along with Nikki Juniper and Hayley Simmonds, and national under-23 champion Anna Henderson.
Alice Barnes and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Simmonds will both contest the 22.4km time trial.
Under-23 women – road race: Rhona Callander Pfeiffer Georgi Elizabeth Holden
Under-23 women – time trial: Anna Henderson Elizabeth Holden
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Under-23 men – road race: Jim Brown Joe Nally Will Tidball Ethan Vernon Matt Walls Fred Wright
Under-23 men – time trial: Charlie Quarterman Ethan Vernon
Elite women – road race: Alice Barnes Hannah Barnes Anna Henderson Nicola Juniper Hayley Simmonds
Elite women – time trial: Alice Barnes Hayley Simmonds
Elite men – road race: Adam Blythe Mark Cavendish Gabriel Cullaigh Alex Dowsett Chris Lawless Dan McLay Luke Rowe Connor Swift
