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Grab a cup of tea for our comprehensive preview of the UCI World Championships mens road race. There's plenty to get through so let's begin... Parcours Team Strength Strategy Riders Potential race scenarios The predictions

Puncheurs delight at the Tour of Poland this year with fewer stages for the pure sprinters, the GC will be contested mainly on stage 4 which has a mountainous finish and on the stage 6 TT. Pre-race favourite Joao Almeida will go up against 2018 winner Michal Kwiatkowski. INEOS Grenadiers bring a strong squad for GC whereas other teams also bring a sprinter, the main sprinters being Pascal Ackermann, Fernando Gaviria and Alvaro Hodeg.

Recently, Patrick Lefevre has been talking badly about Sam Bennett and his likely move back to Bora Hansgrohe.  So who could replace Bennett? We go through all the options and then choose who we think would be the best fit in the squad.

After the excitement of Le Tour de France and the Olympics, we head to Spain for the classic Basque race. This is usually won by a solo rider or from a reduced sprint, this is why the likes of Julian Alaphilippe are the favourites to win.  Steep gradients characterise this race, the last climb finishing with around 10 kilometres to finish.  Who do we predict will win? Listen to the end and we'll tell you