
With an Olympic Games to be hosted by Australia in just seven years and the professional ranks of road racing increasingly leaning toward younger and younger riders, the importance of getting the pathway right for developing young riders from the nation couldn't be clearer, so it's not surprising that AusCycling decided it was time to run the ruler over its junior selection pathway.
CEO Marne Fechner said queries were being raised at an organisational level, by parents, community and coaches about issues from how the system stacks up against others to why more athletes weren't being taken away to compete.