News – GB Team for Europeans

The Great Britain team has revealed the riders to race the UEC Under-23 and Junior European Track Championships in Athens 14 â€“ 19 July

News – GB Team for Europeans

The Great Britain team has today confirmed the team of 30 riders who will represent Great Britain at the forthcoming UEC Under-23 and Junior European Track Championships taking place in Athens, Greece from 14 â€“ 19 July.

The Great Britain Cycling Team won two gold, four silver and four bronze medals at last yearâ€™s event, with current junior European team pursuit champions Megan Barker and Grace Garner making selection for this yearâ€™s competition. Current elite European champion Katie Archibald has been selected as have former junior world champions Danni Khan, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson.

Technical director Shane Sutton OBE said: â€œThis is the largest team weâ€™ve fielded at an Under-23 and Junior European Championships for a long time, and thatâ€™s indicative of the hard work weâ€™ve been doing on the performance pathway to ensure that talented young riders are identified and developed.

â€œThe chance to compete at these championships is an opportunity to be cherished. The young athletes selected could represent the future of the Great Britain Cycling Team so Iâ€™m looking forward to seeing what results we can get and where they stand in relation to the rest of Europe at this stage of their careers.

â€œWeâ€™ve also selected some non-programme riders for this event which demonstrates our commitment to constantly be on the lookout for new talent as we look beyond Rio and onto Tokyo 2020.â€