The Comoros Islands were able to send a rider to compete in the UCI Women's World Championship road race because the UCI allows all nations to participate based on international ranking and quota regulations; smaller nations like Comoros may send at least one representative even with a modest cycling program. In contrast, the UK actually qualified a full six-rider team for the elite women’s road race but chose not to send anyone. Instead, British Cycling decided to focus entirely on the separate under-23 women's road race event, which is new this year and no longer embedded within the elite event. As a result, no British women are competing in the elite road race for the first time in over thirty years, despite their eligibility
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