There's a new name in the Team GB line-up for the World Road Championships and it's a well known Irish one; that of reigning women's world champion and recently married Lizzie Deignan (Photo: Sirotti)
Recently married to Irish climbing ace Philip Deignan of Team Sky, Lizzie Armistead has wasted no time with changing her name.
She has been presented as leader of the Great Britain women’s team for the World Road Championships next month as Lizzie Deignan.
Cycling fans were doing a double take yesterday when the name Deignan was linked to Team GB team but they will have plenty of time to get used to it!
Deignan leads a strong line-up that also includes Alice and Hannah Barnes, Dani King, Laura Massey, Annasley Park, Abby-Mae Parkinson and Eileen Roe; the latter one of the stars of An Post Rás na mBan earlier this month.
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Hannah Barnes and Hayley Simmonds will ride the women’s TT in Doha.
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The 2011 World Championships being won by Mark Cavendish; he's back to have another go in Doha (Photo: Sirotti)
The mean’s team have a number of very fast men among its ranks including the likes of Mark Cavendish, Adam Blythe, Dan McLay and Ben Swift.
And with those sprinters are Stephen Cummings, Alex Dowsett, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas and Scott Thwaites.
Two of the men’s road race team will ride the TT and with 10 named for the road race but only nine places available one of the men will miss out.
The U23 men’s team is: Gabriel Cullaigh, Scott Davies, Jon Dibben, Chris Latham, Tao Geoghegan Hart and James Shaw with two of those to ride the TT.
The championships will take place in Doha, Qatar, from October 9th to 16th. We’ll bring you news of the Irish team when we have it.
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