Thorpe Satchville's Simon Price to ride at World Para-cycling Championships

Simon Price will get a chance to add to his global medal tally later this month after he was named in the British squad for the UCI World Para-cycling Road Championships.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Aug 2017, 14:30 BST
Updated 12th Sep 2017, 11:26 BST
Price is all smiles on the podium with silver medallist Roger Bolliger (left) and Nikolaos Papangelis who won the bronze EMN-170507-112813002Price is all smiles on the podium with silver medallist Roger Bolliger (left) and Nikolaos Papangelis who won the bronze EMN-170507-112813002
Price is all smiles on the podium with silver medallist Roger Bolliger (left) and Nikolaos Papangelis who won the bronze EMN-170507-112813002

The Thorpe Satchville rider will compete for Britain in the time trial and road race at the championships which run from Thursday, August 31 to Sunday, September 3 in South Africa.

He made a spectacular debut at the championships, in Denmark, six years ago when he won bronze in the road race.

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But he has been overlooked by the selectors for subsequent championships, held every two years, despite riding regularly for GB at World Cup events.

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The 47-year-old helped his cause this time round by recording his best-ever World Cup results in the Netherlands last month, adding gold in the road race to a time trial bronze medal.

Price, who rides without the use of his left leg and competes in the C2 classification, will travel to Pietermaritzburg as part of a 10-strong team.

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