Hawke's Bay world champions Regan Gough and Luke Mudgway have been named in Cycling New Zealand's endurance squad for the UCI World Cup event in Colombia next month.
It will be their first taste of international competition at this level. They won gold in the Madison at the August junior world championships in Korea.
In addition to this gold Gough, the Hawke's Bay Secondary Schools Sportsperson of the Year for the past two years, won gold in the points race, silver in the individual pursuit and bronze in the team pursuit with Mudgway, Southland's Nic Kergozou, another member of the Cali-bound team, and South Canterbury's Jack Ford.
Cycling New Zealand's head coach Dayle Cheatley said the team had sufficient qualifying points to cement their spots in all key events for the World Championships.
"Our points allow us the opportunity to give some of our development riders a taste of international competition as we look longer term to the Rio Olympics and beyond," Cheatley said.