Katie Archibald will spearhead the 22-strong British team that heads to the Apeldoorn in the Netherlands for the 2018 World Championships, which begin on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old from Milngavie has made sure that she will be kept busy throughout the five days of competition, attempting to successfully defend her omnium title and also line up in the scratch race and the Madison, as well as the team pursuit, in which she became world champion in 2014 and 2015 and is the reigning Olympic champion.
Joining Archibald in the women’s endurance squad is Laura Kenny, the four-time Olympic champion who is making her return to competition following the birth of her son last year.
Archibald will also be joined in the squad by her compatriots Callum Skinner and Jack Carlin, both of whom have been selected in the men’s sprint squad.
Olympic gold medallist Skinner has a raft of medals in his trophy cabinet but has yet to add a World Championships medal to his collection, and will be looking to rectify that this week, with the men’s team sprint arriving in the Netherlands with a real chance of winning gold.
Skinner was part of the three-man team which won gold at Rio and with his team-mates at those Games, Jason Kenny and Philip Hindes both present next week, the trio will be aiming to replicate that form.
However, Skinner’s compatriot Jack Carlin from Glasgow will be looking to force his way into the reckoning when it comes to sprint selections. Carlin made his World Championship debut last year and the 20-year-old is in fantastic form, winning his first individual British national title at the national track championships this month in the individual sprint.
The final Scot in the line-up is Mark Stewart, who has established himself as a stalwart of the men’s endurance squad over the past few years.
Stewart made a breakthrough last year, winning European under-23 titles in both the omnium and the individual pursuit.
This will be the final major championships appearance for the British riders before they remove their GB jerseys and don their home nation colours, ready for the Commonwealth Games, which begin in less than six weeks.
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