Team announced for UCI MTB World Champs

By David Arthur

Surely a sign of the growing depth and strength of British MTB rides, British Cycling has today announced that it will fly 28 riders over to Canberra, Australia for the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships on 1-7 September.

Current World Champion Gee Atherton will be seeking to defend his title but currently on form Steve Peat will also be on the team. They'll be joined by Marc Beaumont, Josh Bryceland, Brendan Fairclough, Fionn Griffiths and Tracy Moseley.

Representing Britain's XC interests will be Commonwealth Cross Country Gold medallist Liam Killeen alongside Oli Beckingsale. Sue Clarke is the only women XC racer.

Besides an impressively strong senior squad is an raft of younger riders, such as Annie Last and Danny Hart.

Riders

XC

Senior Men/Women:
Oli Beckingsale
Sue Clarke
Liam Killeen

U23 Men/Women:
David Fletcher
Annie Last
Lily Matthews
Scott Thwaites

Junior Men:
Kenta Gallagher
Steve James

DH

Senior Men/Women:
Gee Atherton
Marc Beaumont
Josh Bryceland
Brendan Fairclough
Fionn Griffiths
Tracy Moseley
Steve Peat

Junior Men:
Gareth Brewin
Arran Gannicott
Danny Hart
Harry Heath
Bernard Kerr

4X

Senior Men/Women:
Dan Atherton
Gee Atherton
Scott Beaumont
Fionn Griffiths

Trials

Senior:
Andrei Burton
Daniel Butler
Ben Savage
Ben Slinger

Junior:
Joe Oakley
Sam Oliver

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