Alex Dowsett is currently at the Tour of Britain in order to improve his shape. The Movistar Team rider would like to find his best form to be selected for the World Championships. He suffered a major setback last month when he fell ill. So, his selection is not yet assured according to Cyclingnews.

"No selection has been made so I'm not even sure I'll be going to it in the end but I'm going to try and do the best I can for the rest of this race", he explained. "The Tour crash didn't knock me back a great deal, what knocked me back was the stomach bug in Poland. I went four kilos down in weight and I had nothing. I went out on my local ride and I selected to go with the slower group and I was getting dropped. I was really in a bad place and it took a little while to get back. I was doing some practice tens and I was struggling to do what I know I can. Poitou-Charentes was an improvement and hopefully this will move me on a little bit as well."