Norway will field a strong team for next month's World Championships with Katusha's Alexander Kristoff and Dimension Data's national champion Edvald Boasson Hagen headlining the squad. The duo are currently racing the Eneco Tour to tune up for the Worlds.
Kristoff won three stages of the Tour of Qatar in February as he finished second overall while Boasson Hagen won the time trial and finished third in an early-season dress rehearsal for October's race. While Kristoff won bronze in the 2012 Olympic Games road race, he is yet to medal at a World Championships while Boasson Hagen claimed silver in the 2012 Worlds.
The duo will be supported by a strong squad that includes Sondre Holst Enger (IAM Cycling) and 2014 U23 world champion Sven Erik Bystøm (Team Katusha). Norway qualified for a full quota of nine riders for the men's road race for just the second time in its history and first time since 2009.
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Boasson Hagen and Vegard Stake Laengen (IAM Cycling) have been chosen to also ride the time trial.
The women's team will see three starters with Katrine Aalerud and Hitec Prodcuts duo Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen and Emilie Moberg getting the call up.
The U23 men's team features Tour de l'Avenir stage winners Kristoffer Halvorsen, who recently won the Grand Prix d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais, and Amund Grøndahl Jansen, who will be joined by Anders Skaarseth (Team Joker), Ole Forfang (Team Joker), Rasmus Fossum Tiller and Fridtjof Røinås (Team Sparebanken Sør).
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