Rafa Maciel

Men's squad has been announced:
 
James Hall
Harry Hepworth
Jake Jarman
Courtney Tulloch
Max Whitlock
 
Fraser and Regini-Moran evidently not back to full strength and given GB have already secured their Paris place, there was no need for them to rush back for this competition. Whilst I don't see Hepworth making the squad for Paris it will be interesting to see how James Hall and Max Whitlock perform because at the moment we have 6 main players on the squad but only 5 places available on the team for Olympics.

I believe that  selectors met this week to pick the men's squad for next month's event and assuming that they are running to schedule, the squad should be announced over the weekend after the appeal window closes later today.
 
At the designated selection event held last weekend, neither Joe Fraser or Giarnni Regini-Moran took part - I think both are coming back from injury/illness. This left the path clear for Jake Jarman to be top scorer with 84.1. This included a 15 on floor and a 15.6 on vault but he still doesn't have the degree of difficulty on pommel or rings to be challenging the top performers. James Hall was the second highest scorer on 83.45 including 0.6 in penalties. His highlights were a 14.7 on p-bars and 14.0 on floor. 
 
Max Whitlock has staked his claim to get back on the team with a 15 on pommel along with a 13.9 on parallel bars and 12.9 on high bar whilst Courtney Tulloch is the other specialist who could make the team having scored 14.35 on rings and 15.1 on vault. 
 
Assuming everyone is fit and healthy, squad seems likely to be: 
Joe Fraser 
Jake Jarman
Courtney Tulloch 
Max Whitlock
Giarnni Regini-Moran
 
Although that would be harsh on James Hall, it would maximise GB's prospects for making individual finals and by extension, their medal opportunities. 
 
 
 
 
 

Most of the focus this week has been on the European Championships, but there have been a few other events taking place on the roads across the globe.
 
Men's Events
 
Tour of Luxembourg
1.)   Marc Hirschi
2.)  Brandon McNulty
3.)  Ben Healy
 
Tour of Binzhou
1.)  Lucas Carstensen
2.)  Luis Carlos Chia Bermudez
3.)  Blake Agnoletto
 
Paris-Chauny
1.)  Jasper Philipsen
2.)  Jason Tesson
3.)  Paul Penhoet
 
Omloop van het Houtland
1.)  Gerben Thijssen
2.)  Dyland Groenewegen
3.)  Cedric Beullens
 
 
 
 

Looks like there has been a couple of changes made to the entry lists for next week's competition:
 
Men's Vault Specialist:  Juancho Miguel Besana has been replaced by  Fabian de Luna.
 
Men's Horizontal Bar Specialist:  Juancho Miguel Besana has withdrawn and no replacement announced as yet.
 
Women's All-Around Individual:  Anya Pilgrim has been replace by  Stella Diaz Munez;  Caterina Cereghetti has been replaced by  Anny Wu; and  Christina Zwicker has withdrawn and been replaced by  Anastasija Ananjeva.
 
Women's Balance Beam:  Chan Cheuk Lam replaced by  Hilary Heron.

And Olympic selection for Team GB

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Also worth pointing out the matches are being streamed on YouTube

Women's Elite Road Race
 
Gold:  Mischa Bredewold
Silver:  Lorena Wiebes
Bronze:  Lotte Kopecky

Pontevedra is obviously going to be important to determine the World Champion, but there's not that many athletes who are realistically in contention - for many the main focus is going to be on securing Olympic selection. 
 
 - Australia
Criteria 1: Top-8 finish at Paris Olympic Test Event. (Not Achieved)
Criteria 2: One athlete will secure selection if they finish in the top-8 at Pontevedra.
Criteria 3: Any athlete who achieves a top 5 finish at designated WTCS sprint event or top-8 finish at Olympic distance designated WTCS event. Designated events will take place between March and May next year.
 
Likely Selection - Matthew Hauser best placed to secure nomination at Pontevedra but unlikely that anyone on the women's side will make the necessary grade. 
 
 - New Zealand
Criteria 1: Top-3 finish at Paris Olympic Test Event. (Not Achieved)
Criteria 2: Two or more top-8 placings at either Paris Test Event or WTCS event during qualification.
Criteria 3: Selectors discretion.
 
Likely Selection - Hayden Wilde has already met criteria 2 so he will be going all out for World title. 
 
 - Canada
Criteria 1: Top 5 finish at Paris Olympic Test Event or at WTCS Final at Pontevedra.
Criteria 2: Two top-12 finishes at WTCS event or Paris Olympic Test Event.
Criteria 3: Requires a top-12 finish at WTCS event and top-8 finish within mixed relay event. 
Criteria 4: Discretionary nomination based on Individual Olympic Ranking.
 
Likely Selection - Tyler Mislawchuk has already met criteria 2 but a top-5 finish in Pontevedra would seal his place. 
 
 - USA
Criteria 1: If 2 athletes secure podium finish at Paris Olympic Test Event, both will be nominated. Taylor Knibb selected.
Criteria 2: If an athlete secures podium finish at Paris Olympic Test Event and another athlete secures top-8 finish, both athletes will be nominated.
Criteria 3: A single athlete finishing within the top-8 at Paris Olympic Test Event will be nominated. Morgan Pearson selected.
Criteria 4: An athlete who secures podium finish at Pontevedra will secure nomination.
Criteria 5: An athlete who secures podium finish at designated WTCS event in 2024 will secure nomination. 
Criteria 6: Discretionary selection
 
Likely Selection - Unlikely that any additional athletes will secure nomination for USA at Pontevedra but Taylor Spivey could just sneak on to the podium. 
 
 - Great Britain
Criteria 1a: Athletes securing podium finishes at both Olympic Test Event and Pontevedra will be nominated 
Criteria 1b: If Alex Yee or Georgia Taylor-Brown secure podium place at Olympic Test Event and have achieved a podium at WTCS event, they will be selected. Alex Yee duly selected.
Criteria 2: Discretionary selection - athletes who have achieved at least 1 WTCS podium and are considered medal contenders.
 
Likely Selection - Beth Potter can secure nomination with a podium finish at Pontevedra. GTB and Sophie Coldwell both meet criteria 2 
 
 - Germany
Criteria 1: Up to 2 athletes finishing in the top-8 at Olympic Test Event. Laura Lindemann selected. 
Criteria 2: Up to 2 athletes finishing in the top-8 at Pontevedra.
Criteria 3: Finish in top-12 of WTCS standings.
Criteria 4: Discretionary selection.
 
Likely Selection - Lisa Tertsch on the women's side and both Jonas Schomburg and Lasse Luhrs would have potential to secure their nomination at Pontevedra.
 
 - France
Criteria 1: Podium at Olympic Test Event - Dorian Coninx and Cassandre Beaugrand selected. 
Criteria 2: Athletes finishing in the top 8 at Olympic Test Event and securing podium finish at Pontevedra will be nominated.
Criteria 3: Discretionary selection
 
Likely Selection - Emma Lonbardi has a top-8 finish at the Test Event as does Pierre Le Corre and Leo Bergere. If any of them finish on the podium this weekend, then they will be on the team. 
 
 - Norway
Criteria 1: Athletes with top-3 finish in at least 1 WTCS Olympic distance event between May-23 and May-24 will be selected.
Criteria 2: Based on Individual Olympic Ranking list. 
 
 - Spain
Criteria 1: Any athlete with a top-8 finish at Olympic Test event will be selected.
Criteria 2: Any athlete within the top 12 of the Individual Olympic Ranking at 31-Dec-23 will be selected. 
Criteria 3: Discretionary selection.
 
Likely Selection - Antonio Serrat Seoane would currently be selected under criteria 2.
 
 - Japan
Criteria 1: Highest ranked athlete in the Individual Olympic Ranking will be selected provided they are within the top-20 of the ranking.
Criteria 2: Athletes finishing within the top-8 at the Olympic Test Event, Pontevedra WTCS final or WTCS race in Yokohama in 2024 will be selected.
 
Likely Selection - Kenji Nener is currently ranked 18th in Olympic ranking list and would be eligible for selection.
 

Women's Elite Road Race
 
Gold:  Mischa Bredewold
Silver:  Lorena Wiebes
Bronze:  Lotte Kopecky

Women's U23 Road Race
 
Gold:  Ilse Pluimers
Silver:  Anna Shackley
Bronze:  Linda Zanetti
 
Very good result for GBR and their hopes of securing a top 5 spot in the world rankings as she'll pick up additional 85 points.
 
So far this week,  are net +140 points and we still have the road race to go.

A lot of action across both the men's and women's tours on the roads this week:
 
 
Men's Events
 
La Vuelta Ciclista a Espana
1.)   Sepp Kuss
2.)  Jonas Vingegaard
3.)  Primoz Roglic
 
Tour of Slovaquie
1.)   Remi Cavagna
2.)  Stefan Kung
3.)  Milan Vader
 
Grand Prix de Wallonie
1.)   Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez
2.)  Dylan Teuns
3.)  Jasper De Buyst
 
Giro della Toscana - Memorial Alfredo Martini
1.)  Pavel Sivakov
2.)  Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro
3.)  Felix Grosschartner
 
Gran Pemio citta di Peccioli - Coppa Sabatini
1.)  Marc Hirschi
2.)  Pavel Sivakov
3.)  Tadej Pogacar
 
Kampionenschap van Vlaanderen
1.)  Jasper Philipsen
2.)  Dylan Groenewegen
3.)  Fabio Jakobsen
 
Super 8 Classic
1.)  Mathieu Van Der Poel
2.)  Anthony Turgis
3.)  Florian Vermeersch
 
Memorial Marco Pantani
1.)  Alexey Lutsenko
2.)  Marc Hirschi
3.)  Pavel Sivakov
 
 
 
Women's Events
 
Tour de Romandie
1.)   Demi Vollering
2.)  Katarzyna Niewiadoma
3.)  Marlen Reusser
 
Tour Cycliste Feminin International de l'Ardeche
1.)  Marta Cavalli
2.)  Erica Magnaldi
3.)  Anastasiya Kolesava
 
Grisette Grand Prix de Wallonie
1.)  Marta Lach
2.)  Sylvia Persico
3.)  Victoire Berteau
 
AG Tour De La Semois
1.)  Karlijn Swinkels
2.)  Clara Koppenburg
3.)  Noemi Ruegg
 
 

Women's U23 Road Race
 
Gold:  Ilse Pluimers
Silver:  Anna Shackley
Bronze:  Linda Zanetti
 
Very good result for GBR and their hopes of securing a top 5 spot in the world rankings as she'll pick up additional 85 points.
 
So far this week,  are net +140 points and we still have the road race to go.

Baku Grand Slam Results - Day 1 
 
 
 
Men's 60Kg
1.)  "Neutral" Ramazan Abdulaev
2.)  "Neutral" Gamzat Zairbekov
3.)  Kim Won Jin &  Romain Valadier  Picard
 
Men's 66Kg
1.)  Yashar Najafov
2.)  Takeshi Takeoka
3.)  David Garcia Torne &  Denis Vieru
 
 
 
Women's 48Kg
1.)  Assunta Scutto
2.)  Leyla Aliyeva 
3.)  Shirine Boukli &  "Neutral" Sabina Giliazova
 
Women's 52Kg
1.)  Kisumi Omori
2.)  Distria Krasniqi
3.) Reka Pupp &  Odette Giuffrida
 
Women's 57Kg
1.)  Nora Gjakova
2.)  Eteri Liparteliani
3.)  Timna Nelson Levy &  Priscilla Gneto

Women's U23 Road Race
 
Gold:  Ilse Pluimers
Silver:  Anna Shackley
Bronze:  Linda Zanetti
 
Very good result for GBR and their hopes of securing a top 5 spot in the world rankings as she'll pick up additional 85 points.
 
So far this week,  are net +140 points and we still have the road race to go.

Women's U23 Road Race
 
Gold:  Ilse Pluimers
Silver:  Anna Shackley
Bronze:  Linda Zanetti
 
Very good result for GBR and their hopes of securing a top 5 spot in the world rankings as she'll pick up additional 85 points.
 
So far this week,  are net +140 points and we still have the road race to go.

Yeah - could well be the case. Can't see a start list for Il Lorbardia yet, but at the moment PCS are showing both Yates brothers on the start list for Giro dell'Emilia on 30-Sep so they could end up doing both. 

Starting order for women's world championships:
 
  Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Subdivision 7 Subdivision 8 Subdivision 9 Subdivision 10  = Apparatus Specialists
 = Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for men's world championships:
 
  Floor Pommel Rings Vault P-Bars Horizontal Bar Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Asa above,
 = Apparatus Specialists
= Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for men's world championships:
 
  Floor Pommel Rings Vault P-Bars Horizontal Bar Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Asa above,
 = Apparatus Specialists
= Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for women's world championships:
 
  Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Subdivision 7 Subdivision 8 Subdivision 9 Subdivision 10  = Apparatus Specialists
 = Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for women's world championships:
 
  Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Subdivision 7 Subdivision 8 Subdivision 9 Subdivision 10  = Apparatus Specialists
 = Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for men's world championships:
 
  Floor Pommel Rings Vault P-Bars Horizontal Bar Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Asa above,
 = Apparatus Specialists
= Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for men's world championships:
 
  Floor Pommel Rings Vault P-Bars Horizontal Bar Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Asa above,
 = Apparatus Specialists
= Individual All-Around Athletes

Starting order for women's world championships:
 
  Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Subdivision 1 Subdivision 2 Subdivision 3 Subdivision 4 Subdivision 5 Subdivision 6 Subdivision 7 Subdivision 8 Subdivision 9 Subdivision 10  = Apparatus Specialists
 = Individual All-Around Athletes

I've developed a bit of an unhealthy obsession with these rankings so can give my opinion for what it is worth.
 
The truth is that whilst it is possible, it is unlikely that Ukraine will be able to close the gap. The Ukrainian team do not have any points from 2022 European Championship so anything they win this week will help increase their total.
 
Valeriya Kononenko played her part today after she finished the time trial in 10th place and picks up 3 points. In addition, assuming that they finish, they will also pick up points from the mixed team time trial. Worst case scenario, as there are only 8 teams competing, they will pick up 10 more points
 
Later in the week, 4 of your ranking riders will take part in the road race - Maryna Altukhova, Yuliia Biriukova, Valeriya Kononenko and Olha Kulynych. The ideal scenario would be for one of those riders to secure a top 10 finish and bank at least 50 points but realistically that isn't going to happen. I think they'll be pleased if one or more of them can finish in the points with a top 30 finish. 
 
So, at the moment it looks like Ukraine will come away from the Europeans around +15 points which would mean that they would need to compete in some of the remaining UCI Tour events to make up the deficit if they were to hoping to move up the rankings.