Australia has announced its team for the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich in September. Grace Brown will make her final attempt to win the rainbow jersey in addition to her Olympic gold medal.

Michael Matthews will also be back in the green and gold jersey, along with Ben O'Connor, who competed in the Paris Olympics, Australian champion Ruby Roseman-Gannon, and possibly Luke Plapp in the time trial. But that will be on the condition that they have recovered sufficiently from their crash in the time trial at the Olympic Games, where they underwent abdominal surgery.

In the women's time trial, in addition to Brown, who is about to retire, will be Brody Chapman and Oceania champion Isabelle Kerns. Chapman, along with Brown and Roseman-Gannon, also competes in the road race, while Giro d'Italia Brockhaus stage winner Neve Bradbury, Sarah Gigante, and the experienced Amanda Spratt, who has won silver and bronze medals in the world championship road race will also join the six-member team.

"Australian road cycling has had much to celebrate this year. We look forward to seeing Grace Brown compete in her first and possibly last World Championships since winning Olympic gold."

"On the other side, it's great to have young debutants like Isabelle Kearns and Neve Bradbury, and we expect them to make a big impact at their first elite World Championships.

Bradbury and Kearns are both riders under the age of 23, so they have a shot at a world title in this category as well.

The top eight in the men's road are Paris Olympics representatives O'Connor and Matthews, as well as Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley, Jack Haig, Chris Harper, Nick Schultz, Callum Scottson, and Michael Stohler.

"Our team has the climbing talent of multiple Grand Tour podium finishes, as well as the experience of riders like Michael Matthews, who has proven time and time again his ability to deliver results at this level," said the Australian representative in 11 world championship road races Korff said of the rider who has represented Australia in 11 World Championship road races, three of which have been on the podium.

The 2024 Road World Championships, to be held in Zurich from September 21-29, will feature a 154.1 km women's road race from Worcester to Zurich on Saturday, September 28, with an elevation gain of 2,384 meters, and a 273.9 km men's road race on Sunday, September 29, with an elevation gain of The elevation gain for the road race is 4,470 meters, making it a course with a considerable amount of climbing.