Mark Cavendish and Alice Barnes to be part of team GB at European Championships
Aug 03 2019 06:00 am CET

Photo by ASO/Karenn EDWARDS
Mark Cavendish and Alice Barnes have been selected to be part of the Great Britain team that will take part in the European Road Championships in the Netherlands.
The European Championships will be held between the 7th and the 11th of August in Alkmaar and a strong British team will fight for the different titles before the World Championships -which will be in Yorkshire, Great Britain, next month.
Barnes will start in the road race and the time trial just after taking the national titles in both disciplines. Hayley Simmonds, who won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, will also ride the time trial and the road race.
Mark Cavendish will also be at the road race of the European championships next to the Tour de Yorkshire winner Chris Lawless. National time trial champion Alex Dowsett will ride the road race and the Time trial.
Great Britain's squad for the Road European Championships-Elite women's road race (August 10):
Alice Barnes
Hannah Barnes
Anna Henderson
Nicola Juniper
Hayley Simmonds
Elite women's time trial (August 8):
Alice Barnes
Hayley Simmonds
Elite men's road race (August 11):
Adam Blythe
Mark Cavendish
Gabriel Cullaigh
Alex Dowsett
Chris Lawless
Dan McLay
Luke Rowe
Connor Swift
Elite men's time trial (August 8):
Alex Dowsett