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Joris Daudet (right) is the current world and Olympic champion

British riders will be taking to the track at the BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen this week and BBC Sport will be showing all the action on Sunday, 3 August when the rainbow jersey winners are crowned.

The last time the World Championships were held in Denmark 14 years ago, Frenchman Joris Daudet claimed his first world title during a dominant year in which he won all 11 rounds on the European BMX tour.

He is the defending champion this year and also the reigning Olympic champion after his victory at Paris 2024.

The competition is different to 14 years ago, with the races now faster, corners on the course higher and the bike designs different.

Who are the ones to watch?

Great Britain's Beth Shriever is chasing a third world title

Women's races:

Australian Saya Sakakibara is the Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is on track for a third World Cup victory and will be looking to add the World Championship to her titles, but fourth is the highest she has managed to finish in this event.

Zoe Claessens will be looking to go one better than last year when she finished second behind American Alise Willoughby. The Swiss rider is number one in this season's rankings and won bronze at the Paris Olympics.

Great Britain's Beth Shriever is an Olympic gold medallist and heads to Denmark in pursuit of a third world title.

In the women's Under-23 race, Great Britain's Emily Hutt is the name to look out for. She has finished second in the last two U23 World Championships and will be looking to claim the title for the first time.

Men's races:

France's Joris Daudet is the man to beat. His win last year at Rock Hill in the United States secured his fourth world title.

His compatriot Sylvain Andre will be looking to continue a successful year. Andre is top of both the men's elite rankings and World Cup standings. However, he has not won the World Championship title since 2018.

Ross Cullen is the highest-ranked Briton in this season's competition. He won round four of the World Cup and is sixth in the individual rankings. No British cyclist has been the men's world champion since Liam Phillips in 2013.