Paralympic and world champion Sarah Storey hopes to retain her individual pursuit title at this weekend's Para-cycling World Championships - and has her eye on the International Cycling Union's new prize.

At the 2007 Para-cycling World Championships in Bordeaux, Storey won the women's LC1 individual pursuit and the right to wear the world champion's green jersey with a rainbow band.

As they do in able-bodied competition, the UCI will award a white jersey with a rainbow band to the winners at the Manchester Velodrome this weekend and Storey is determined to claim her third of the year.

The 32-year-old, who won five Paralympic titles as a swimmer before switching to the bike, said: "I won the road race and the time trial at the road worlds and I got two white jerseys - it would be lovely to think I could have a third in the pursuit."

Storey, who was born with a deformed left hand, is in fine form - having won the British Championships last month.

While Storey is one of six Paralympic champions - along with Darren Kenny, Jody Cundy, Mark Bristow, Simon Richardson and Aileen McGlynn (with pilot Ellen Hunter) - in action for Britain, Lora Turnham is making her World Championships debut.

The 21-year-old visually-impaired rider, who claimed bronze in the World Championship road race in Italy in September, is excited as she begins her track career.

"I've only been riding for six months, if that," Turnham said.

"It'd be cool to get a medal."

Turnham and pilot Rebecca Rimmington will face strong competition from British team-mates McGlynn and her pilot Hunter, the three-time Paralympic champions, in the one-kilometre time-trial and the three-kilometres pursuit.

"We've just got to concentrate on our own performance and do the best we can do," said Turnham.

"I prefer the long events. Doing the kilo was more of a last-minute thing. We were selected for the pursuit, and that's the event we're going to be focused on."