Donning the green and gold will be 29 cyclists across the elite, U23s and U19s events in this rare opportunity on home soil.

Women’s elite

•    Georgia Baker (Northern Districts Cycling Club, TAS – debut)
•    Grace Brown (St Kilda CC, VIC – 3rd appearance)
•    Brodie Chapman (University of Queensland CC, QLD – 4th appearance)
•    Alexandra Manly (Central Districts CC, SA – debut)
•    Sarah Roy (Parklife CC, NSW – 6th appearance)
•    Amanda Spratt (Penrith CC, NSW – 10th appearance)
•    Josie Talbot (Camden CC, NSW – debut)

Amanda Spratt returns for her 10th appearance in Australian colours at the UCI Road World Championships. The experienced campaigner from Sydney’s Blue Mountains is Australia’s most decorated active rider with two road race medals (2nd – 2018, 3rd – 2019).

“It’s always an honour and privilege to wear the green and gold, so I am so excited to be named in the team for my 10th World Championships,’’ Amanda said.

“Even more special is that it is a home World Championships that covers roads I grew up training on. My first ever senior Worlds were in Geelong so I know how amazing it is to have this event on home soil and the impact it can have.

“I’m really excited when I look at the team we have and think it’s one of the overall strongest teams we have had in years. Alex and Grace, in particular, have had really strong results recently and put their hand up as our leaders, but I think our biggest strength will be having numbers in the final.”

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallists Georgia Baker and Grace Brown will feature alongside fellow Tokyo 2020 Olympians Alexandra Manly and Amanda.

A childhood dream will come true for Josie Talbot, who will make her debut on a course that passes just metres from her home in Wollongong.

Find out more about each rider here.

Men’s elite

•    Simon Clarke (Carnegie Caulfield CC, VIC – 11th appearance)
•    Luke Durbridge (Midland CC, WA – 8th appearance)
•    Heinrich Haussler (Inverell CC, NSW – 6th appearance)
•    Jai Hindley (Midland CC, WA – 2nd appearance)
•    Michael Matthews (Vikings CC, ACT – 10th appearance)
•    Ben O’Connor (Peel District CC, WA – debut)
•    Lucas Plapp (Brunswick CC, VIC – debut)
•    Nicholas Schultz (Sunshine Coast CC, QLD – 4th appearance)

Australia’s men’s squad will be headlined by Giro d’Italia winner Jai Hindley and 2015 silver medallist Michael Matthews, winner of nine Grand Tour stages.

After claiming silver in the U23 time trial last year, Tokyo 2020 track cyclist Luke Plapp will make his elite debut on the road.

Also joining the team will be Tour de France stage winners Ben O’Connor and Olympian Simon Clarke, 2011 U23 world champion and Tokyo 2020 road cyclist Luke Durbridge, former national champion Heinrich Haussler, and Queensland climber Nick Schultz after his excellent Tour debut. Luke will contest the individual time trial.

The last time Australia hosted the UCI Road World Championships, Michael won the U23 road race in Geelong. Twelve years on, the Canberran aims to write history again on home shores.

“Winning the U23 world title on home soil was really a dream come true coming into the pros. Now, having it back in Australia again when I’m really at the top of my game is a dream come true,” Michael said.

“I really want to make the most of it – and have a great time – and hopefully stand on that top step. We’re going there 100 per cent for that goal: to win the medal for Australia.

“We have a great team for a course like this. This course suits Australians really well, for the races that we grew up doing. I think it was quite difficult for the selectors to put it down to a group of eight guys, but they’ve done a great job and I think the team’s going to be super strong.

“We have a lot of guys for different sort of areas of the race, and hopefully we can play the race into our favour and then do our thing in the final.”

Find out more about each rider here.

Men’s U23

•    Matthew Dinham (Manly Warringah CC, NSW)
•    Dylan George (Manly Warringah CC, NSW)
•    Dylan Hopkins (Canberra CC, ACT)
•    Jensen Plowright (Hawthorn CC, VIC)
•    Rudy Porter (Carnegie Caulfield CC, VIC)

Women’s U19

•    Talia Appleton (Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club/Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club, VIC)
•    Belinda Bailey (Bendigo & District Cycling Club, VIC)
•    Isabelle Carnes (Balmoral Cycling Club, QLD)
•    Bronte Stewart (Tolland Cycling Club, NSW)
•    Lucinda Stewart (Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club, VIC)

Men’s U19

•    Oscar Chamberlain (Canberra Cycling Club, ACT)
•    William Eaves (City of Burnie Cycling Club, TAS)
•    Hamish McKenzie (Northern Districts Cycling Club, TAS)
•    Cameron Rogers (Canberra Cycling Club, ACT)

The World Champs, on the 18th-25th September, consist of road races and individual time trials. Wollongong 2022 will be the second time Australia has hosted the World Champs, after Geelong and Melbourne hosted the 2010 edition.

Australia has won six road world titles at the elite level through Michael Rogers (2003–05), Cadel Evans (2009), and Rohan Dennis (2018–19).

Find out more about the courses here.