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and if their selection criteria isn't UCI points?
Oh I know; but I think the problem is that Urska Pintar just isn't even half the rider that Žigart is. Perhaps they've selected her based on the fact she races more in Slovenia or what have you, but it seems to be a silly approach to leave out your best overall cyclist in favour of someone who is probably just a mate of the selector.
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and if their selection criteria isn't UCI points?
I vaguely remember some shit storm from years ago when track sprinters were picked based off their 200m times but only times set in xyz competition. So even though someone was faster during the Olympic season, if they didn't race the year before in some event or other and didn't set a fast enough time they didn't go. No idea what the policy is here but I'm just pointing out that some countries have some fucking stupid selection methods.
Actually, currently reading The Road Less Taken by Katherine Bertine which is mostly about her trying to qualify for the Olympics and all the drama that entails for a woman riding for a small nation.
https://www.amazon.com/Road-Less-Taken-Lessons-Cycling/dp/1629370126
"As a sports journalist and elite athlete, I was offered an assignment in 2006 by ESPN. The company wanted me to investigate what it takes to get to the Olympic Games. The catch? I was both the reporter and the guinea pig. For two years, I attempted to qualify for the Beijing Summer Olympics in road cycling. While I had a short career as a mediocre pro triathlete (and an MFA in creative writing in my back pocket), the assignment alone wasn't quite enough to get me to Beijing. Oddly, though, after two years of road cycling, I came quite close. Too close. When my project with ESPN concluded in 2008, my love of cycling did not. In fact, it grew — and so did my muscles, ability, and results. I decided to shoot for the 2012 Games, which is why three years after ESPN, I'm in a boat-shaped kiddie bed in a stranger's house setting sail with the Pirates of the Caribbean and a plastic flask of electrolytes dribbling near the headboard. Two more years of racing may just float me to the shores of England."