I like how the story doing the rounds is that the big names in the US gravel scene are doing an "unofficial boycott" of the worlds as the US invented gravel and they object to the UCI trying to take it over. Definitely nothing at all to do with the men's field being stacked with pro riders at all.
On the women's side, it seems they were less worried about the competition and have turned up.
If they qualified they could go (Gran Fondo championship style rules). They did need to be accepted by USA cycling otherwise they would have to compete in their age group race not the elite so that BBC hold also be a factor. Articles do say boycott though.
I like how the story doing the rounds is that the big names in the US gravel scene are doing an "unofficial boycott" of the worlds as the US invented gravel and they object to the UCI trying to take it over. Definitely nothing at all to do with the men's field being stacked with pro riders at all.
On the women's side, it seems they were less worried about the competition and have turned up.