Female pros want a separate Under 23s World Championships, not a race within a race, The Cyclists' Alliance says

Limited support for UCI plan to introduce an U23 jersey, awarded from the elite road race

Elisa Balsamo, Marianne Vos and Kasia Niewiadoma on the podium for the elite Road World Championships 2021 in Leuven, Belgium
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The Cyclists' Alliance has concluded that the majority of the women's peloton considers plans to award an under 23 jersey, following the results of the elite women's race, at the 2022 Road World Championships insufficient. 

The UCI indicated its intentions in September this year, but a survey run by The Cyclists' Alliance found that 97% of the riders who took part want a separate U23 race. Comparatively, the UCI's new approach would see the jersey being given to the first U23 rider to finish in the elite races at the World Championships, beginning at the 2022 events in Wollongong, Australia.

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