This blow just comes a number of days after fellow first-choice member of the Australian squad,
Robert Stannard was provisionally suspended over a pair of alleged doping incidents from 2018 and 2019. The DSM-Firmenich pair,
Matthew Dinham and
Alex Edmondson are the riders drafted in as replacements for the team.
Michael Matthews, a medallist last year heads up the Australian charge, supported by the likes of
Kaden Groves,
Simon Clarke,
Luke Durbridge, Lucas Plapp and
Harry Sweeny.