BETH Crumpton has been called up to Great Britain’s ten rider squad for the women’s Energiewacht Tour in the Netherlands.

It is the first time the Redditch rider, 21, will represent GB in a competitive road race.

Selectors have picked a squad that blends the talents of British Cycling Olympic Podium, Academy and Development Programme road and mountain-bikers.

Crumpton joins fellow mountain bikers, cross-country mountain-bikers Annie Last and Alice Barnes, who will join road and track specialists Emily Kay, Manon Lloyd and Emily Nelson for the elite women’s race which starts today and runs until Sunday.

Megan Barker, Rebecca Raybould, Abigail Dentus and off-road specialist Ffion James will contest the three-stage junior women’s event for Great Britain from April 9 to 11.

The elite women’s Energiewacht Tour is a five-day stage race that has taken place in the Groningen region of the Netherlands since 2011.

The 2015 edition of the race begins with a 2.5-kilometre prologue time trial in Winsum before stage one proper on April 9, a 105-kilometre loop starting and finishing in Westerwolde.

A team time trial around De Onlanden follows on April 10, with a 111.8-kilometre road stage starting and finishing in Westerkwartier following later in the day, Stage three is a 117.8-kilometre loop from Stadskanaal with a 105-kilometre loop from Borkum rounding off the racing on April 12.

The past four editions of the race have seen Dutch riders dominate, with Holland’s Lucinda Brand beating compatriot Vera Koedooder and German Trixi Worrack in 2014.

Crumpton is in good form after her battling display in the first round of the British Cycling MTB Cross-Country Series at Sherwood Pines last week, where she recovered from a crash to finish fifth.