AUSTRALIA ★★½
Damien HOWSON, Rohan DENNIS, Callum SCOTSON, Brendan CANTY, Kelland O'BRIEN, Miles SCOTSON, Ben O'CONNOR and Robert STANNARD
BELGIUM ★★
Brent VAN MOER, Victor CAMPENAERTS, Frederik FRISON, Rune HERREGODTS, Steff CRAS, Sean DE BIE, Harm VANHOUCKE and Michael VANTHOURENHOUT
CANADA ★
Alexandor CATAFORD, Jordan CHEYNE, Lewis STROLL, Charles MATTE, Derek GEE, Jack BURKE, Antoine DUCHESNE and Adam DE VOS
COLOMBIA ★
Egan BERNAL, Victor Alejandro OCAMPO, Cristian MUNOZ, Miguel Angel LOPEZ, Harold TEJADA, Nairo QUINTANA and Dayer QUINTANA
DENMARK ★★★★
Mads WÜRTZ, Mikkel BJERG, Mathias NORSGAARD, Michael Valgren ANDERSEN, Rasmus QUAADE, Morten HULGAARD, Niklas EG and Mathias KRIGBAUM
SPAIN ★★
Mario GONZALEZ, Omar FRAILE, Carlos VERONA, Ion IZAGIRRE, Jesus HERRADA, Inigo ELOSEGUI, Mikel ITURRIA and Xuban ERRAZKIN
FRANCE ★★★
Yoann PAILLOT, Emilien VIENNET, Pierre-Henri LECUISINIER, Alexys BRUNEL, Remi CAVAGNA, Aurelien PARET-PEINTRE, Romain SICARD and Bruno ARMIRAIL
GERMANY ★★★½
Jasha SÜTTERLIN, Lennard KÄMNA, Nils POLITT, Justin WOLF, Florian STORK, Domenic WEINSTEIN, Miguel HEIDEMANN and Silvio HERKLOTZ
GREAT BRITAIN ★
Tao GEOGHEGAN HART, Tim KENNAUGH, James KNOX, Adam YATES, Scott DAVIES, Jake STEWART, Adam BLYTHE and Mark DONOVAN
GREECE ★★½
Panagiotis VLATOS, Nikolaos IOANNIDIS, Ioannidis KIRIAKIDIS, Pangiotis CHRISTAPOPOULOS, Georgios STAVRAKAKIS, Stylianos FARANTAKIS, Miltiadis GIANNOUTSOS and Ionnis SPANOPOULOS
HONG KONG ★½
Chun Wing LEUNG, King Lok CHEUNG, Ka Hoo FUNG, Ki Ho CHOI, Ho-Ting KWOK, Ka LEUNG, Wan Yau LAU and Ho San CHIU
IRELAND ★½
Ryan MULLEN, Eddie DUNBAR, Michael O'LOUGHLIN, Sean DOWNEY, Conor DUNNE, Sean HAHESSY, Sean McKENNA and Dillon CORKERY
ISRAEL ½
Roy GOLDSTEIN, Omer GOLDSTEIN, Oded KOGUT, Rotem TENE, Itamar EINHORN, Zohar HADARI, Idan SHAPIRA and Yuval BEN MOSHE
ITALY ★★★½
Filippo GANNA, Andrea DAL COL, Mattia CATTANEO, Luca STERBINI, Edoardo AFFINI, Fausto MASNADA, Leonardo BASSO and Pierre Paolo PENASA
LITHUANIA ★
Justas BENIUSIS, Venantas LASINIS, Lukas TALACKA, Raimondas RUMSAS, Mantas JANUSKEVICIUS, Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS, Adomaitis ROJUS and Vasilijus LENDEL
LUXEMBOURG ½
Bob JUNGELS, Gaetan PONS, Luc TURCHI, Sven FRITSCH, Pit LEYDER, Jan Drago PETELIN, Max LOSCH and Kevin FEIEREISEN
NETHERLANDS ★★½
Steven LAMMERTINK, Stef KRUL, Dylan VAN BAARLE, Tom DUMOULIN, Sam OOMEN, Thymen ARENSMAN, Ide SCHELLING and Daan OLIVIER
NORWAY ★★
Phan Age HAUGARD, Iver Johan KNOTTEN, Tobias FOSS, Truls Engen KORSAETH, Fredrik Strand GALTA, Sindre Skjostad LUNKE, Torjus SLEEN and Tormod JACOBSEN
POLAND ★½
Szymon REKITA, Szymon SAJNOK, Krzysztof MARCHEWKA, Wojciech PSZCZOLARSKI, Przemyslaw KASPERKIEWICZ, Piotr BROZYNA, Karol Andrzej DOMAGALSKI and Alan BANASZEK
PORTUGAL ★½
Jose FERNANDES, Rafael REIS, Antonio BARBIO, Nelson OLIVEIRA, Joao ALMEIDA, Fabio SILVESTRE, Ricardo FERREIRA and Ruben GUERREIRO
RUSSIA ★★★
Kiril YATSEVICH, Aydar ZAKARIN, Anton VOROBEV, Alexander VLASOV, Pavel SIVAKOV, Petr RIKUNOV, Ildar ARSLANOV and Aleksey RYBALKIN
SWITZERLAND ★★½
Silvan DILLIER, Stefan BISSEGGER, Stefan KUNG, Colin STÜSSI, Valentin DARBELLAY, Martin SCHÄPPI, Thery SCHIR and Patrick SCHELLING
UKRAINE ½
Marlen ZMORKA, Vladyslav SOLTASIUK, Oleksandr SHEVCHENKO, Mikayil KRASNOPEROV, Kostyantyn RYBARUK, Vitalii NOVAKOWSKYI, Kyrylo TSARENKO and Oleksandr GRYGORENKO
UNITED STATES ★★★★★
Taylor PHINNEY, Neilson POWLESS, Ryan EASTMAN, Brandon McNULTY, Gregory DANIEL, Daniel EATON, Nathan BROWN and Lawson CRADDOCK
Lukasz WISNIOWSKI who took the win in Torfeno Branishte, the last time the race was officially categorised as mountainous, the grimpeurs got their revenge on the famous Nordschleife. There, in 2020, it was 
Silvio HERKLOTZ who secured the rainbow bands. He is back to give it another go, but the likes of 
Lachlan MORTON, 
Tim WELLENS and 
Justo TENORIO failed to make their respective national selections so they'll have to enjoy the action from their living rooms, watching alongside the rest of us! Who then are the favourites?
Jan HIRT and 
Miguel Angel LOPEZ who are outsiders here.
Taylor PHINNEY. Aside from his absolute dominance of the ITT World Championship, the second most important facet of PHINNEY is that he has the best sprint of the top climbers. The absent 
Pierre-Henri LECUISINIER.
Merhawi KUDUS. No African has ever podiumed in the Elite Road Race, let alone secured the rainbow jersey. What better candidate to change that than the two-time continental champion ('17 & '21).
William CHIARELLO will need to be at his best to reproduce his dominance in this year's Continental Tour. Going up against the likes of 
Chen SHIKAI, 
Ki Ho CHOI and 
Orluis AULAR is no easy feat; but my pick to qualify for the Elite competition is 
Louis MEINTJES. The undeniable king of the ITT is 
Marlen ZMORKA and 
Mads WÜRTZ will be hoping that time is finally catching up with him. We'll also get to see the stars of the future duke it out in the U23 competitions and see which nation can produce the best combination against the clock. 
K. NEILANDS
S. KUROEDA
H. PING HSU
S. KEMBOI
M. MANNINEN
P. SAGAN
R. TAARAMÄE
A. PLUCHKIN
C. DUNNE
N. A. MARZUKI
J. AHLSTRAND 
E. SISKEVICIUS 
L. SABER
E. ZHUPA
M. RICHEZE
G. TZORTZAKIS
Italy
Portugal
Netherlands
Russia 
E. HAYTER
T. POGACAR
Y. MANO
B. ERDENEBAT
T. WIRTGEN
A. E. MACCAGLI 
A. CATAFORD
P. A. HAUGARD
F. CANCELLARA
I. SIRIC
N. KULIMBETOV
S. BEWLEY 
Deadlines are deadlines and I should have double checked 
Guess we'll need gold for a first after all!
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Great win for one of the coolest riders in the MG!
