Cavendish included in Great Britain’s World Championships team despite crashing out of Tour of Britain

Mark Cavendish is expected to be fit to race as part of Great Britain’s team for the 2015 UCI Road World Championships despite crashing out of the Tour of Britain yesterday. The Etixx-Quick Step rider is one of a strong group of classics riders who will compete in Richmond in the United States.

Cavendish crashed out of the Tour of Britain after colliding with a parked car at the top of Gun Hill on stage six. However, he later tweeted:

Thanks to @theshoulderdoc (who also did my surgery last year) for seeing me so quickly! Relieved there's no break or dislocation this time!

— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) September 11, 2015

He joins no fewer than five Team Sky riders in the British team – Ben Swift, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas, Andy Fenn and Luke Rowe. The team also includes Alex Dowsett of Movistar and two riders from outside of the WorldTour – MTN-Qhubeka’s Steve Cummings and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, Scott Thwaites of Bora-Argon 18.

Dowsett will also compete in the time trial, while Lizzie Armistead, who recently became UCI Women’s World Cup champion for the second year in a row, will lead the women’s team.

Great Britain Cycling Team coach co-ordinator, Iain Dyer, said:

“We’ve selected a really exciting team of riders to contest this year’s road world championships. We have high hopes for a number of riders in terms of medal prospects but it will also be a fantastic opportunity for some of the younger and less experienced members of the team to compete at an international event for the first time.”

Great Britain Cycling Teams for the 2015 UCI Road World Championships

Elite men

• Ian Stannard
• Mark Cavendish
• Ben Swift
• Stephen Cummings
• Geraint Thomas
• Andy Fenn
• Luke Rowe
• Scott Thwaites
• Alex Dowsett

Elite women

• Lizzie Armitstead
• Lucy Garner
• Alice Barnes
• Molly Weaver
• Jessie Walker
• Hayley Simmonds

Under-23 men

• Owain Doull
• Scott Davies
• Tao Geoghegen Hart
• Alex Peters
• Gabriel Cullaigh

Junior men

• Nathan Draper
• Joey Walker
• Joe Holt

Junior women

• Lizzie Holden
• Grace Garner
• Abby Mae Parkinson
• Ellie Dickinson