Recently crowned Junior Women’s National Road Race champion Anna Christian looks set to join Mark Cavendish in Great Britain colours at the UCI Road World Championships in Italy later this month.
The 18-year-old has been selected along with Bethany Hayward to take part in the junior women’s road race of the event that takes place in Florence between September 22-29.
The Douglas teen will tackle her 82.85 km race around the Tuscan capital on Friday, September 27, with Cavendish likely to be part of GB’s eight-strong team for Sunday 29’s 272.26km elite men’s race.