the Athlete must be provided with a further and final Evaluation Session which will review the decision to allocate Sport Class Not Eligible (NE) made by the Protest Panel. 

If a Classification Panel allocates Sport Class Not Eligible (NE) on the basis that it has determined that an Athlete does not comply with Minimum Impairment Criteria for Para- cycling the Athlete may be eligible to compete in another cycling category or another sport, subject to Athlete Evaluation for that sport. 

If an Athlete is allocated Sport Class Not Eligible (NE), this does not question the presence of a genuine Impairment. It is only a ruling on the eligibility of the Athlete to compete in the sport of Para cycling. 

## 16.4.020 Scope of a Protest 

(article introduced on 01.02.18; 01.01.21) 

## Part Six: Protests 

A Protest may only be made in respect of an Athlete’s Sport Class. A Protest may not be made in respect of an Athlete’s Sport Class Status. 

A Protest may not be made in respect of an Athlete who has been allocated a Sport Class Not Eligible (NE). 

## 16.4.021 Parties Permitted to Make a Protest 

(text modified on 01.02.18) 

A Protest may only be made by one of the following bodies: 

− A National Federation or a National Paralympic Committee (see articles 16.4.022 – 16.4.023); or 

− The UCI as the International Federation for Para-cycling (see articles 16.4.024 – 16.4.025). 

An Athlete is not entitled to make a Protest. A Protest must only be made on behalf of an Athlete by the Athlete’s National Federation, National Paralympic Committee or the UCI. 

## 16.4.022 National Protests 

(text modified on 01.02.18) 

A National Federation or a National Paralympic Committee may only make a Protest in respect of an Athlete under its jurisdiction. 

A National Protest must be submitted within one (1) hour of the outcome of Athlete Evaluation being published. If the outcome of Athlete Evaluation is published following Observation in Competition, a National Protest must be submitted within fifteen (15) minutes of that outcome being published. 

