Team GB’s world and Paralympic champions will go head-to-head with their Dutch rivals at the Manchester velodrome this weekend in what could be a final test of form before next month’s world championships.

Four members of Team GB’s all-conquering para-cycling tandem squad will race at the National Cycling Centre on Saturday (7), just days after being named as members of the team that will compete at the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships, which starts in Los Angeles on February 9.

Team GB is sending a strong line-up to the worlds, which includes six Paralympic champions, two of whom – Barney Storey and Anthony Kappes – will race at Revolution. Reigning world champions, Craig McLean and Neil Fachie, who topped the podium in the tandem time trial and tandem sprint events at the worlds in Montichiari, Italy last March and will defend their titles in Los Angeles, will also compete in the Manchester event.

Store told RCUK: “We get few opportunities to race in terms of para-cycling. To have an opportunity to ride in Revolution is quite a big thing for us. Obviously we have got strong competition from the Dutch. It’s a brilliant opportunity to give us a run out before LA.”

He added that preparations for the world’s were going ‘really well’ and praised teammates Fachie, McLean, and Kappes, whom he said could ride strongly in time trial, sprint, and kilo events.

Closed season activity in the road cycling transfer market will see some of the Revolution series’ highest scorers change teams. Team Sky have lost the opening round’s points winner, Russell Downing, to Howies, while three-time (and reigning) national madison champion, Rowe, has left the second-placed Maxgear Racing team for Team Sky.

Rowe, who spent December in Mallorca training with new Sky teammates Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins, will make his debut in the team’s signature blue and black at Revolution Three, having ridden earlier rounds in the series for Maxgear Racing.

Crowds for Saturday’s event will be introduced to some of the elite riders from the lucrative European six-day circuit.

World champion in the ‘scratch’ event, Morgan Kneisky, will be joined by Alex Aeschbach, Christian Grassman, Andreas Muller, Jesper Morkov, and Steve Schets.

The Team UK Youth squad tops the standings after two rounds, but will be without the services of British individual pursuit champion, Steven Burke, on Saturday.

Tickets are still available by visiting the Revolution website. ITV4 will screen highlights of the event at 7pm on Monday January 9.

Team GB line-up for UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships, Los Angeles

Jon-Allan Butterworth (C5) – Kilo, Pursuit

Mark Colbourne (C1) – Kilo, Pursuit

Jody Cundy (C4) – Kilo, Pursuit

Neil Fachie (B/Vi), piloted by Barney Storey – Kilo, Sprint

Anthony Kappes (B/Vi), piloted by Craig McLean – Kilo, Sprint

Darren Kenny (C3) – Kilo, Pursuit

Aileen McGlynn (B/Vi), piloted by Helen Scott – Kilo, Pursuit, Sprint

Shaun McKeown (C3) – Kilo, Pursuit

Sarah Storey (C5) – 500TT, Pursuit

Lora Turnham (B/Vi), piloted by Fiona Duncan – Kilo, Pursuit

Team GB will also compete in the Team Sprint.

Mark Bristow will be a guest rider in the Mixed Scratch race.

For more on the team, visit British Cycling.