Ellesse Andrews is one of several notable absentees from the provisional start lists ahead of this week’s Track World Championships.

Having won both sprint and keirin at the Olympics, the New Zealander skips the trip to Ballerup, Denmark. The country will be represented only by two women, Ally Wollaston and Bryony Botha, competing in the endurance events.

But the women either side of Andrews on the Paris podium, Hetty van de Wouw and Emma Finucane will be part of full-strength keirin line-ups for the Netherlands and Great Britain respectively.

Germany’s Emma Hinze and Lea-Sophie Friedrich both give it a miss this year, providing opportunities to the younger line-up of Alessa-Catriona Pröpster and Clara Schneider.

Having failed to reach the second day in Paris, Colombia’s Martha Bayona will be hoping for a return to the form which saw her take silver in Glasgow last year. And Japan’s Mina Sato will be accompanied by Fuko Umekawa, whom she beat at last year’s Girls Keirin Grand Prix.

On the men’s side, Harrie Lavreysen is coming, so that’s probably all you need to know. You want more? Oh, ok then.

The Dutchman could very well return home with four new rainbow jerseys: he is entered for sprint, team sprint, keirin – and kilo. ‘This year, I’m taking it one step further. As you know, I like to push my limits,’ he wrote on Instagram: ‘Let’s see how far I can go!’ He will have Jeffrey Hoogland for company when the derny comes out.

Of the other Paris finalists, Malaysia’s Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom and Japan’s Shinji Nakano will be in Ballerup, hoping to finish rubber-side down this time. But Jack Carlin will miss the event entirely, with Great Britain sending Paris reserve Joe Truman and Harry Ledingham-Horn instead.

Australia’s Great Britain’s Matthew Richardson is unable to compete in his new colours, following his surprise switch of allegiance to the land of his birth. UCI rules state that ‘the rider shall not be eligible for selection with another national team in the subsequent edition of each of the World Championships and/or Continental Championships.’

And with Matthew Glaetzer having declared Paris to be his last Olympics, that leaves Australia’s places to Thomas Cornish and Ryan Elliott.

Quintero, Rudyk, Ota, Yakovlev and Paul also appear on the start list for what will no doubt be an exciting competition – but it’s hard to imagine anyone but Lavreysen wrapped in stripes on Thursday evening.