Australians Chloe Hosking and Rachel Neylan have won appeals against Cycling Australia following their non-selection for the UCI Road World Championships in Bergen.
Cycling Australia (CA) qualified seven places for the elite women's road race, but chose to select only five riders: Shara Gillow (FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope), Gracie Elvin, Katrin Garfoot, Sarah Roy, and Amanda Spratt (all Orica-Scott).
New High Performance director Simon Jones said the decision not to field a full team from the third-ranked nation was based on performance and tactical decisions.
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The Selection Review Panel notified CA of the decision on Wednesday, "based on determination of UCI quota spots", and in a press release CA stated that "the selectors will now reconvene and reconsider the selection decision".
Hosking is Australia's top-ranked rider in the UCI standings, and last month won a stage at the Ladies Tour of Norway. Neylan is far down the country's rankings, but won the silver medal at the 2012 World Championships.
According to a CA press release, Federation CEO Nicholas Green said that he would seek a speedy resolution to the selection for World Championships and confirmed that every athlete seeking nomination in the Australian team is entitled to seek an independent review of their non-selection in accordance with CA's policies.
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