Europe, racing road and cross country World Cup events in preparation for the 1991 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. She entered in the Veteran category (women 30+) and came second, beaten by road racing legend Jeannie Longo. Part of her preparation in both 1991 and 1992 was to race on the New Zealand women's time trial team at the UCI Road World Championships; they came seventh and eighth, respectively. 1991–92 events Back in New Zealand, Lynch did well in the premier women's road stage race in 1991 and 1992, and won bronze in the 1991 New Zealand National Road Race Championships, yet was not picked for the 1992 Olympic road cycling team. Her biographer speculates that the selectors were possibly influenced in their decision by Lynch's failure to get Harris into a medal position at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. She competed hard in the 1992 Tour Cycliste Féminin – the Tour de France for women. The ten-stage race was the most challenging event on the women's road racing calendar that year, and many big names entered. New Zealand had six competitors. Lynch set the tone for the team by coming fourth in the prologue in Paris. Jacqui Nelson and Lynch were the only New Zealanders remaining in the final stage, and Lynch came sixth ascending into Alpe d'Huez. Her biographer suggests that she made her point that her omission from the 1992 Olympic team had been a mistake. Lynch then entered the veteran category of the 1992 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Bromont, Canada, winning bronze in both the cross country and the downhill events. In the cross country, she was in the lead before a minor crash ripped the seat off its metal frame. For over an hour, she stood on the pedals and lost two places. 1993–95 and selection for 1996 Olympic team She had her usual domestic success in 1993, including a new record time in the Coast to Coast. Her focus sharpened in early 1994 when it was announced that mountain biking would be an Olympic event at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Although she would be 39 then, she did not want to give the selectors an opportunity to look past her. The 1994 domestic mountain bike season was the most competitive yet, with Kate Rattray and the visiting Susan DeMattei providing good competition, but it was 1995 where it counted. Rather than go for