Time for the Elite Riders to get on their bikes and go for the gold. Wednesday's afternoon at the World Road Championships, is marked by the Elite Women's Individual Team Time Trial. A race we could easily label as "clash of titans", with so many big names at the startline.

Canadian sensation Genevieve Jeanson and compatriot Lynne Bessette will be up against the strong "armada" of East-Europeans, going from the mighty Lithuanians to TdF winner Zinaida Stahurskaja of Belarus, from Zoulfia Zabirova to fellow Russian Olga Zabelisnkaya.

As for Western Europe, this part of the Old Continent can't complain at all: names like Judith Arndt, Mirjam Melchers, Nicole Brandli (just to name few, but there are more) speak by themselves. Not to mention Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, the French rider that could make history (one more time) by taking a medal (one more medal) at the age of 44. And why not mentioning the American and Australian ladies ? They could have their say in the race too.

But before watching all these ladies at work, fans will have the opportunity to see the very young guns battling in the Junior's Men Individual Time Trial. Tuesday's female counterpart of this competition was (quite unexpectedly) an all-Italian showdown, with the young girls of the "Squadra Azzurra" taking gold and silver, and only the Germans trying to resist.

And on Wednesday the "Italian girl" part might be played by the Aussies, with two strong riders such as Mark Jamieson and Richard Moffatt competing. Or perhaps by another clear favorite, Holland's Thomas Dekker (does his surname tell anything to you ?) or even a Swedish boy. Anyone's money on Saudi Badr Al-Yassien, or Japanese Takeshi Ikeda ?

But to know more about this race, just read what DP's Andy McGrath wrote in his excellent preview of the British team (although the topic here isn't the UK squad of course):

The Men’s Junior TT may be won by Swede Thomas Lovkist, who has won numerous time trials over the course of the season. However, Thomas Dekker of The Netherlands is considered to be the best time triallist in the Junior ranks and he will be under pressure to win. Slovakian UCL No. 1 Matej Jurco also has excellent time trailing skills, though he finished 2nd to Dekker by 40 seconds in the final TT stage of this year’s Tour de Lorraine".

Below are more details and the complete startlists of Wednesday's races. Names of riders from English-speaking countries are in bold text.

Wednesday - October the 9th:

12.00 noon - 02.03 pm: Time Trial Junior Men:

DETAILS
Distance: 23.3km
Interval between the bike riders: 1min 30
Estimated time to cover the route: 28 to 30 min

JUNIOR MEN'S ITT - STARTLIST (all Times CET):

Time of departure - Backnumber - Name - Nationality - Date of Birth

12:00:00 70 AL-YASSIEN Badr KSA19841115 KSA

12:01:30 69 MENDES José POR19850424 POR

12:03:00 68 SNOEKS Leonard NOR19850226 NOR

12:04:30 67 KARIBIDIS Manolis GRE19840303 GRE

12:06:00 66 HERRERA Filiberto MEX19850916 MEX

12:07:30 65 MAKAROVIC Leon SLO19840609 SLO

12:09:00 64 SAMBRIS Ruslan MDA19850206 MDA

12:10:30 63 DIAZ PRETEL Diego COL19841110 COL

12:12:00 62 DAVIDSON Andrew CAN19840608 CAN

12:13:30 61 MOEN Harald Andre NOR19840606 NOR

12:15:00 60 CARDOSO Filipe POR19840515 POR

12:16:30 59 HARDWICK Theo IRL19850715 IRL

12:18:00 58 DANNIKER Sergey KAZ19841116 KAZ

12:19:30 57 IMPEY Daryl RSA19841206 RSA

12:21:00 56 MORTENSEN Martin DEN19841105 DEN

12:22:30 55 KONOVALOVAS Ignas LTU19851208 LTU

12:24:00 54 STOYTCHEV Bogdan BUL19850408 BUL

12:25:30 53 KOHLER Martin SUI19850717 SUI

12:27:00 52 FERNANDEZ MORA Juan Carlos ESP19840314 ESP

12:28:30 51 HAURYLIUK Andrei BLR19850301 BLR

12:30:00 50 CASPI Yair ISR19840119 ISR

12:31:30 49 ONDRYAS Richard CZE19841103 CZE

12:33:00 48 KALOUDAKIS Nikolaos GRE19840318 GRE

12:34:30 47 KUTALO Andriy UKR19840211 UKR

12:36:00 46 KUSHLEV Stefan BUL19840730 BUL

12:37:30 45 JAMIESON Mark AUS19840504 AUS

12:39:00 44 ALALUUSUA Juha-Matti FIN19850214 FIN

12:40:30 43 GUERRERO Abundio MEX19850801 MEX

12:42:00 42 INGEVALDSSON Jesper SWE19840426 SWE

12:43:30 41 LEDINAHET Guillaume FRA19841206 FRA

12:45:00 40 PENKETH Christopher GBR19840718 GBR

12:46:30 39 DMITRIYEV Valeriy KAZ19841010 KAZ

12:48:00 38 ANSONS Arturs LAT19840309 LAT

12:49:30 37 BONDA Patryk POL19841226 POL

12:51:00 36 RABUNAL RIOS Gonzalo ESP19840801 ESP

12:52:30 35 TAKESHI Ikeda JPN19840620 JPN

12:54:00 34 BERGH Eckard RSA19840924 RSA

12:55:30 33 IGNATIEV Mikhail RUS19850507 RUS

12:57:00 32 BARCACI Constantin MDA19840108 MDA

12:58:30 31 GNIOT Felix GER19841214 GER

13:00:00 30 MATULIAUSKAS Egidijus LTU19840229 LTU

13:01:30 29 INFANTINO ABREU Rafael COL19840828 COL

13:03:00 28 DUYN Huub NED19840901 NED

13:04:30 27 EVANS Cameron CAN19840110 CAN

13:06:00 26 GRABOWSKI Zakhary USA19850226 USA

13:07:30 25 CONNOR Ryan GBR19840406 GBR

13:09:00 24 ROELANDTS Jurgen BEL19850702 BEL

13:10:30 23 FINNERUP Andreas DEN19840317 DEN

13:12:00 22 ROCHE Nicholas IRL19840703 IRL

13:13:30 21 KUNITSKI Andrei BLR19840702 BLR

13:15:00 20 RHYN Manuel SUI19840503 SUI

13:16:30 19 TRAFICANTE Roberto ITA19840923 ITA

13:18:00 18 MOFFATT Richard AUS19841006 AUS

13:19:30 17 KOLLERT Michal CZE19840909 CZE

13:21:00 16 ABOLINS Aldis LAT19840724 LAT

13:22:30 15 HUPOND Thierry FRA19841110 FRA

13:24:00 14 KOLESSOV Alexey KAZ19840927 KAZ

13:25:30 13 TACIAK Mateusz POL19840619 POL

13:27:00 12 VELITS Peter SVK19850221 SVK

13:28:30 11 KOZONTCHOUK Dmitry RUS19840405 RUS

13:30:00 10 KONDRUT Vitaliy UKR19840215 UKR

13:31:30 9 ICKX Mario BEL19840214 BEL

13:33:00 8 BOLE Grega SLO19850813 SLO

13:34:30 7 HAUSSLER Heinrich GER19840225 GER

13:36:00 6 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA19841114 ITA

13:37:30 5 VASTARANTA Jukka FIN19840329 FIN

13:39:00 4 JURCO Matej SVK19840808 SVK

13:40:30 3 LÖVKVIST Thomas SWE19840404 SWE

13:42:00 2 FARRAR Tyler USA19840602 USA

13:43:30 1 DEKKER Thomas NED19840906 NED

03.00 pm - 04.38 pm: Time Trial Women - Elite:

DETAILS
Distance: 23.3km
Interval between the bike riders: 1min 30
Estimated time to cover the route: some 30 minutes

ELITE WOMEN'S ITT - STARTLIST (all Times CET):

Time of departure - Backnumber - Name - Nationality - Date of Birth

15:00:00 42 GIOURBOUZ Chalime GRE19790319 GRE

15:01:30 41 THÜRIG Karin SUI19720704 SUI

15:03:00 40 GILL Geraldine IRL19750925 IRL

15:04:30 39 ALGELID-BENGTSSON Jenny SWE19760306 SWE

15:06:00 38 CALLE Maria Luisa COL19681003 COL

15:07:30 37 GARCIA Evelyn ESA19821229 ESA

15:09:00 36 NEBEN Amber USA19750218 USA

15:10:30 35 FLATAAS Solrun NOR19670828 NOR

15:12:00 34 HOLT Melissa NZL19761211 NZL

15:13:30 33 PITEL Edwige FRA19670604 FRA

15:15:00 32 SLIOUSSAREVA Olga RUS19690428 RUS

15:16:30 31 WRIGHT Alison AUS19800907 AUS

15:18:00 30 PUCINSKAITE Edita LTU19751127 LTU

15:19:30 29 VAN DAMME Evy BEL19800329 BEL

15:21:00 28 CHUZHYNOVA Iryna UKR19720807 UKR

15:22:30 27 LIEBIG Tina GER19800428 GER

15:24:00 26 BESSETTE Lyne CAN19750310 CAN

15:25:30 25 VALEN Anita NOR19681212 NOR

15:27:00 24 POSCH Doris AUT19730401 AUT

15:28:30 23 ROBB Kirsty Nicole NZL19790523 NZL

15:30:00 22 MATUSIAK Bogumila POL19710124 POL

15:31:30 21 SOMARRIBA ARROLA Joane ESP19720811 ESP

15:33:00 20 PIETERS Cindy BEL19760124 BEL

15:34:30 19 NEWSTEAD Frances GBR19730507 GBR

15:36:00 18 CARRIGAN Sara AUS19800907 AUS

15:37:30 17 MARSAL Catherine FRA19710120 FRA

15:39:00 16 ANDRYUSCHENKO Tanya UKR19770909 UKR

15:40:30 15 POLIKEVICIUTE Rasa LTU19700925 LTU

15:42:00 14 BRUCKNER Kimberly USA19700619 USA

15:43:30 13 ZABELINSKAIA Olga RUS19800510 RUS

15:45:00 12 STAHURSKAYA Zinaida BLR19710209 BLR

15:46:30 11 TROLDI Giovanna ITA19681031 ITA

15:48:00 10 RUANO SANCHON Teodora ESP19690111 ESP

15:49:30 9 KOZLIKOVA Lada CZE19791008 CZE

15:51:00 8 JEANSON Geneviève CAN19810829 CAN

15:52:30 7 ZIJLAARD - VAN MOORSEL Leontien NED19700322 NED

15:54:00 6 ZABIROVA Zoulfia RUS19731219 RUS

15:55:30 5 LJUNGSKOG Susanne SWE19760316 SWE

15:57:00 4 ARNDT Judith GER19760723 GER

15:58:30 3 MELCHERS Mirjam NED19750926 NED

16:00:00 2 BRÄNDLI Nicole SUI19790618 SUI

16:01:30 1 LONGO-CIPRELLI Jeannie FRA19581031 FRA

FOLLOWING DAYS' RACES:

Thursday - October the 10th:

10.00 am - 01.00 pm: Training Road Race all categories

02.00 pm - 04.52 pm: Time Trail Men Elite

Friday - October the 11th:

09.30 am - 11.35 am: Road Racing Junior Women

12.30 pm - 04.33 pm: Road Racing Men under 23

Saturday October the 12th:

09.30 am - 12.35 pm: Road Racing Junior Men

01.30 pm - 04.42 pm: Road Racing Women Elite

Sunday - October the 13th:

10.30 am - 04.28 pm: Road Racing Men Elite

Both races will go live on Eurosport. The "Daily Peloton" will deliver you all the news and results of the competitions.