Taryn Heather Selected in Australian Road Worlds Team

Cycling Australia has released its final selections for the UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, to be held later this month.

In the women's team, Oceania champion Shara Gillow lines up along side Rochelle Gilmore, Chloe Hosking, Jesse Maclean, Carla Ryan, Amanda Spratt and Vickie Whitelaw.

Gillow will also represent Australia in the time trial and is joined by MCCC's Taryn Heather.

"We go into the event with the goal of winning medals," said National Performance director Kevin Tabotta. "Our women are certainly capable of a place on the podium and our men's team is one of the strongest we've ever named. We will be competitive."

The full Elite Women's list is as follows:

1. Shara Gillow (Team Jayco AIS) (Oceania RR & TT Champion) RR & TT
2. Rochelle Gilmore (Lotto Honda) RR
3. Taryn Heather TT
4. Chloe Hosking (HTC-Highroad Women) RR
5. Jessie Maclean (Verducci Breakaway) RR
6. Carla Ryan (Garmin-Cervelo) RR
7. Amanda Spratt (Team Jayco AIS) RR
8. Vicki Whitelaw (Lotto Honda) RR

Reserve
* Belinda Goss RR

The Club congratulates Taryn on her selection, our first ever member to be selected to contest the World Road Championships, and we wish her all the best!  Ryan is travelling with Taryn's parents to Copenhagen to see Taryn in action.