Wright: 'I'm a good card for this Worlds'

Bahrain Victorious Brit hopes to use Tour form as springboard for Glasgow Championships

-  James Shrubsall

Fred Wright is hoping that his form from the Tour de France will give him a shot at becoming road world champion as he looks ahead to the Glasgow Championships next month.

“Looking at last year, at the Commonwealth Games, I was going really well in that two-week period after the Tour,” the Bahrain Victorious rider told Cycling Weekly. “I managed to soak it all up. I think if I can come out of this Tour still feeling OK, then the Worlds should be good.”

He was speaking as British Cycling announced the riders it will take to August’s World Championships and para-cycling World Championships in Glasgow.

The road selection remains a long list at this point, with Wright expected to be one of the key players, along with Ethan Hayter and Connor Swift for the elite men’s team.

“We’ve got a couple of cards to play,” Wright said, “but I think I am one of those cards… I think I’m a pretty good card.”

Wright has already reconned the road course and felt it suited him, with its Classics feel.

“There are a lot of corners,” he said. “It’s a Classics-style race I think. It’s the Worlds – it’s long, it’s hard… lots of small accelerations. It suits me. I’m really looking forward to it, it’s a big goal.”