AusCycling is excited to unveil 13 selections for the 2026 Under-19 (Junior) European Road Development Project.<\/p>\n
The European road development camps are annually centred around UCI Junior Nations\u2019 Cup events, exposing emerging athletes to international competition in an ARA Australian Cycling Team environment with elite training, guidance and support from AusCycling staff and coaches. <\/p>\n
On a results basis, Nations\u2019 Cup races are important points accumulation opportunities towards Australia\u2019s ranking, which determines junior quota spots for the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montr\u00e9al, Canada.<\/p>\n
Among the selected athletes are current junior road national champions Ben Coates (road race), Neve Parslow (road race and individual time trial) and Connor Wright (individual time trial).<\/p>\n
Wright and Parslow are both currently leading ProVelo Super League\u2019s U19 classifications, and Wright recently secured an impressive queen stage win at the Tour of Tasmania.<\/p>\n
AusCycling Director of Pathways \u2013 Performance, Donna Rae-Szalinski, said overseas development camps, such as this, are pivotal given the rapidly evolving junior environment. <\/p>\n
\u201cProviding structured and supported performance leadership enhances the riders’ development and assists their transition to U23s,\u201d Rae-Szalinski added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Nations\u2019 Cup tours also provide valuable exposure for our riders due to their reputation as key junior events.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe racing is highly competitive and is closely monitored by UCI WorldTour team scouts.\u201d <\/p>\n
U19 Europe Road Development ProjectThe U19 men\u2019s squad will compete at four Nations\u2019 Cup tours:Tour du Pays de Vaud – Switzerland (May 28\u201331)G.P. F.W.R. Baron – Lago Le Bandie – Pieve Del Grappa – Italy (June 6\u20137)LVM Saarland Trofeo – Germany (June 11\u201314)Medzin\u00e1rodn\u00e9 Dni Cyklistiky – Slovakia (June 19\u201321)Men\u2019s squad:Ben Coates (Manly Warringah Cycling Club\/NSW)Alistair Forsyth (Ballarat Sebastopol Cycling Club\/VIC)Ollie Jirovec (Brunswick Cycling Club\/VIC)Maxx Nuspan* (Bendigo and District Cycling Club\/VIC)Lachlan Stewart* (Alpine Cycling Club\/VIC)Oliver Ward (Norwood Cycling Club\/SA)Connor Wright (Ferguson Valley MTB Club\/WA)<\/p>\n
*Lachlan Stewart will race at Tour du Pays de Vaud and LVM Saarland Trofeo. Maxx Nuspan will race at G.P. F.W.R. Baron – Lago Le Bandie – Pieve Del Grappa and Medzin\u00e1rodn\u00e9 Dni Cyklistiky.<\/p>\n
The U19 women\u2019s squad will compete at two Nations\u2019 Cup tours:EPZ Omloop van Borsele – Netherlands (April 24\u201326)Tour du G\u00e9vaudan Occitanie – France (May 16\u201317)Women\u2019s squad:Chloe Bowen (University of Queensland Cycling Club\/QLD)Chloe Buckley* (Cairns Cycling Club\/QLD)Vegas Henry (Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club\/VIC)Annie Kleywegt (Hobart Wheelers Dirt Devils Cycling Club\/TAS)Megan Moore (Balmoral Cycling Club\/QLD)Neve Parslow (Hamilton Wheelers Cycling Club\/QLD)<\/p>\n
*Chloe Buckley will race only at Tour du G\u00e9vaudan Occitanie.<\/p>\n
Feature picture: Neve Parslow (centre) raced at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda. (SWpix.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AusCycling is excited to unveil 13 selections for the 2026 Under-19 (Junior) European Road Development Project. The European…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-537264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}