Wood leads Australian charge to top of world rankings

Oenone Wood at the Souvenir Magali Pache on May 1

Oenone Wood at the Souvenir Magali Pache on May 1 (Image credit: Daniel Simms)

Australian cyclist Oenone Wood, 24, has regained her world number one status and the performances of Australian women cyclists have pushed them back to the top of the nations list in the latest rankings released yesterday by the UCI. "This is really the result of a ten year development program and demonstrates the value of the hard work put in place by James Victor (National Women's Coach until 2004) and carried on by Warren McDonald (current National Women's Coach)," said Australian Head Coach, Shayne Bannan. "What is even more pleasing is the depth of riders being developed and I see no reason why we can't have the number one status or close to it for the next four to six years, such is the quality of riders we are producing."