NZ team for UCI Road World Championships

UCI World Champs NZ team announced ©RoadCycling.co.nz

Sep 14th, 11. The final New Zealand team for next week's UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark was announced today.

Julian Dean, Greg Henderson and Jack Bauer will face off against the rest of the world's best in the 266km road race on September 25th.

Bauer will also be in action a few days earlier when he contests the time trial event along with Jesse Sergent who has had a brilliant first year in the pro-ranks with three time trial and two tour victories.

Last year, at the World Championships in Australia, New Zealand fielded a team of six women in the road race. This year, Linda Villumsen is the only Kiwi racing.

She will race the road race and her specailist time trial event - she won a TT medal in the previous two World Championships.

George Bennett, another rider who has had a stand-out season, is racing the U23 168km road race on September 23rd along with Jason Christie, Tom David and James WIlliamson. 

Christie, the NZ U23 Time Trial Champion, is one of the first Kiwis to race in the World Championships. He told RoadCycling.co.nz he 'can't wait' for Monday's time trial event.   

In a break from recent tradition, the U19 Junior World Championship events are racing alongside the senior events this year.

NZ Worlds' team

Elite Female: Linda Villumsen (AA Drink-Leontien.nl, Auckland).

Elite Male: Jack Bauer (Endura Racing, Nelson), Julian Dean (Garmin Cervelo, Rotorua), Greg Henderson (Team Sky, Melbourne), Jesse Sergent (Radioshack, Feilding).

U23 Male: George Bennett (Trek Livestrong, Nelson), Jason Christie (Ashburton) Tom David (UCS Crabbe Performance, Auckland), James Williamson (Pure Black Racing, Alexandra).

U19 Female: Georgia Williams (Auckland), Sophie Williamson (Alexandra).

U19 Male: Alex Frame (Christchurch), Fraser Gough (Havelock North), James Oram (Pure Black Racing, Auckland), Hayden McCormick (Te Awamutu), Dion Smith (Pure Black Racing, Auckland)

Schedule

UCI World Road Championships

• Road race results from the UCI Road World Championships
• New World Road Champion Mark Cavendish
• Kiwis Worlds foiled by crash
• Jack Bauer ready for Worlds challenge
• Linda Villumsen races to plan
• Crashes hold junior Kiwis back
• Disappointment for U23 Kiwi men
• Junior Kiwis in the action, not just the good action
• Start lists for the road race events
• Kiwi family has two riders to cheer at the Worlds
• All time trial results
• Tony Martin delivers a World Champion performance
• Big images of the Kiwis in action
• Jack Bauer happy with Top 20 performance
• UCI name Jesse Sergent as one of the favourites
• Silver success for Linda Villumsen
• Stunning silver medal for James Oram
• Junior Kiwis benefit from World Champs merger
• Two Kiwis 6th best TT times in the World
• Aussies steal all the action on Day 1 
• Women's elite TT start list
• NZ team and race schedule