Australia will start with three young riders all capable of contending for medals and upsetting the home nations.

Millar has named his Garmin-Sharp team-mate, Rohan Dennis, as favourite for the title and the 24-year-old South Australian is touted as a future star in the sport, having won a mountain stage of the Tour of California, before finishing second overall behind Wiggins to underline his all-round ability.

Dennis may only be 24 but he is the oldest of Australia’s trio, with Luke Durbridge next in line at 23 years old. The Orica-GreenEDGE man is another rider to arrive in Glasgow off the back of the Tour but is one of his country’s finest time trialists, having won world under-23 gold in 2011 and successive national titles in 2012 and 2013.

Durbridge also finished second in Australia’s national time trial championship in January this year, when Michael Hepburn won the honour of pulling on the white, gold and green skinsuit. Hepburn and Dennis were both part of the Australian quartet that won team pursuit silver on the track at London 2012 and the 22-year-old has since flourished on the road with Orica-GreenEDGE, winning the individual time trial at the Tour of Qatar earlier this year before helping his squad to team time trial victory on the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia in May.