MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
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Dear members,
This month’s joint Congress between the Union Européenne de Cyclisme
(UEC) and the Confédération Africaine de Cyclisme (CAC) in Rome was
unprecedented.
It was an enormous pleasure for me to join the 44 European National
Federations and the 37 African Federations present for this meeting
that brought the two Continental Congresses together for the first
time. I am convinced that this will nurture cooperation between
Europe and Africa, already linked by the Union Francophone de
Cyclisme which unites the French-speaking National Federations. I
salute CAC President Dr Mohamed Wagih Azzam and UEC President Mr
Rocco Cattaneo for their active cooperation in ensuring the success
of this double Congress.
We made the most of this gathering in Rome to organise a joint UCI
Sharing Platform (USP) on 9 March, enabling National Federations to
meet and learn from each other by sharing their experiences and
knowledge. The UCI values this opportunity to meet our National
Federations and provide support and guidance to help them develop
cycling on their territories.
While in Rome, we were extremely privileged to have an audience at
the Vatican with His Holiness Pope Francis, during which I gave a
speech about cycling’s role in promoting peace and friendship. This
was an exceptional and moving occasion for our National Federation
delegates from Africa and Europe, regardless of personal religious
beliefs. The visit will be long remembered by us all.
After my return from Rome, I attended the World Anti-Doping Agency’s
(WADA) Annual Symposium, my first as a member of the WADA Foundation
Board. This event, organised this year on 13 and 14 March in
Lausanne, offers anti-doping stakeholders the opportunity to gather
and interact. Cycling is a leader in the field of anti-doping, and I
am always happy to pass on our experience and hear about the
challenges faced in other sports.
This year, the UCI organised its Partners’ Seminar in Switzerland on
19 and 20 March. Our partners provide essential support to the UCI
and our events and it was a pleasure to welcome them to the UCI
headquarters. We were able to update them on UCI projects contained
in the UCI Agenda 2022 and hold discussions on topics related to
digital communication, UCI events and corporate social
responsibility.
On a sporting note, March was an important month for track cycling,
with the UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot in
Pruszków, Poland (27 February – 3 March). I also attended a
meeting of the UCI Track Commission in Pruszków, and was delighted by
the presence of Kristina Vogel, who was voted riders’ representative
last year. Her passion and knowledge are a great asset to us and I am
delighted by her desire to continue serving on the Commission.
Following Pruszków, our next event on the track was the UCI
Para-cycling Track Worlds in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands (14-17
March). We were pleased to welcome 13 para-cyclists to the UCI World
Cycling Centre for a two-week training camp immediately before these
Championships.
David Lappartient
UCI President
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The UCI
has published its 2018 Yearbook
The UCI Yearbook, an
album of photos in layflat format, looks back over the cycling season
through a selection of 100 images showcasing all the different
disciplines under the auspices of our Federation (road, track,
mountain bike, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, cyclo-cross, trials and
indoor cycling). Published in January and sent to our 194 National
Federations and principal partners, our 2018 Yearbook will be on-line
on the UCI website in the coming days. It will also be for sale.
UCI
Sharing Platform (USP) for Europe and Africa
The USP took place on
8 March in the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) headquarters
in Rome (ITA). This was the first opportunity for 102 people –
representing 44 National Federations from Europe and 37 National
Federations from Africa – to meet and discuss how best to develop
cycling together. The UCI also explained the new application process
for the UCI Solidarity Programme. As well as representatives of the
National Federations, the USP saw the participation of Giovanni Malagò
– President of the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI),
Francesco Ricci Bitti – President of the Association of Summer
Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), Rocco Cattaneo, UEC
President, Dr. Mohamed Wagih Azzam, CAC President, and Renato
Di Rocco, President of the host National Federation.
Presentations, documents and photos from the USP are now available on
the National Federations' Extranet.
National
Federations' participation in the 188th UCI Congress
The next UCI Congress
will take place on 27 September 2019 in Harrogate, Yorkshire (GBR),
alongside the UCI Road World Championships. Official invitations will
be sent to the UCI's National Federations in the coming weeks.
To support the participation of National Federations
in this major UCI event, which brings together various members of the
cycling family, the International Relations Department, in
cooperation with the Local Organising Committee of Yorkshire, set up
a procedure to facilitate visa applications for the United Kingdom.
Although the process for obtaining a visa can only be initiated at
the earliest three months before the date of travel, the International
Relations Department will contact National Federations directly from
now to help prepare a complete file, which can be submitted at the
opening of the procedure.
You can contact us at internationalrelations@uci.ch
for any questions related to your presence at the UCI Congress. More
information about the process for visa application will be shared via
the General Information
Bulletin of the UCI Road World Championships, to be
published on 1 April on the UCI website.
UCI
Newsletter
The National
Federations Newsletter has been renamed and from this March 2019
edition becomes the UCI Newsletter. We remind everyone involved in
international cycling that it is essential to read this monthly
document, which is distributed by email and also
now available, in English and French, on the UCI website. This
document is the preferred means of monthly communication concerning
topics such as registration dates for UCI events and other deadlines
of note. For new subscriptions, please contact the International
Relations Department at internationalrelations@uci.ch.
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UCI
WorldTour Technical Advisers and Continental Advisers for the 2019
season
In place since 2016,
the UCI team of Technical Advisers for the UCI WorldTour will
increase to five in 2019. The main role of a UCI Technical Adviser
is to conduct operational assessments of the organisational quality
of UCI WorldTour events. Technical Advisers can also apply their
expertise, by working in close collaboration with an event's
technical personnel and the appointed Commissaires' Panel, to carry
out an analysis of specific situations relating to the organisation
or rider security of an event.
UCI Technical Advisers:
- Robbie Hunter, UWT
Technical Adviser since 2017
- Jean-François
Pescheux, UWT Technical Adviser since 2016
- Thomas Rohregger, UWT
Technical Adviser since 2016
- Jérémy Roy, new UWT
Technical Adviser from 2019
- Allan Davis, new UWT
& UWWT Technical Adviser from 2019
The UCI Technical Adviser programme will be expanded
to cover the UCI Women’s WorldTour in 2019. Allan Davis will
work in this role for the 2019 season. He will also be working
alongside the group of Technical Advisers on selected events of the
UCI WorldTour. Allan comes to the UCI with 17 years of road racing
experience as a professional rider (2001-2013) and one year (2018) as
Sport Director with the UCI Women’s Team Wiggle-High5. Finally,
Jérémy Roy, newly-retired from the professional peloton after a
16-year career (2003-2018) completes the team of Technical Advisers
in 2019.
Since 2005 and the creation of the UCI Continental Circuits, the UCI
has worked with Continental Advisers who oversee these circuits. In
2019, the four Continental Advisers will monitor the growth and
activities of UCI-registered teams on each of the continents. They
will also be involved in developing the number of races from each
continent registered on the UCI Calendar. Our Continental Advisers
play a key liaison role between the UCI and our continental
actors.
UCI Continental Advisers:
- Laurent Bezault, UCI
Africa Tour Continental Adviser since 2013
- Steve Peterson, UCI
Oceania Tour Continental Adviser since 2017
- Farhad Aliyev, UCI
Asia Tour Continental Adviser since 2018
- Pascale Schyns, UCI
America Tour Continental Adviser since 2014
2019 UCI
Road World Championships
Information Bulletin
All the key information to help National Teams plan for the 2019 UCI
Road World Championships in Yorkshire (GBR) can be found in the General Information
Bulletin which will be published on 1 April on our
website.
UCI
WorldTour Licence for team Application Procedure
According to the new
UCI article 2.15.009, recently adopted by the Professional Cycling
Council in Middelfart (DEN), current UCI WorldTeams intending to
renew their licence or existing UCI Professional Continental Teams
wishing to apply for a UCI WorldTour licence for team, must inform
the UCI before 1 April 2019. UCI WorldTour licences for teams will be
valid for a three-year period, from 2020 to 2022, subject to meeting
the annual registration requirements. A detailed communication
containing specific application requirements has been provided by the
UCI to all UCI WorldTeams and UCI Professional Continental Teams.
2019
Sport Directors Course
We are pleased to
announce that the Sport Directors certification course organised by
the UCI will take place on 11-15 November 2019 at the and the UCI
World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle (Switzerland).
Registration for this course is reserved for Sport Directors or
Assistant Sport Directors from UCI WorldTeams, UCI Professional
Continental Teams and UCI Women’s Teams. From 2020 onwards, the
certification will be obligatory for Sport Directors or Assistant
Sport Directors of UCI Women’s WorldTeams.
In order to promote women in cycling's technical roles, and to
increase the number of women undertaking the role of Sport Director,
the UCI is pleased to grant, as every year since 2015, a number of
scholarships for women wishing to take part in the Sport Directors
course.
For more information on the course and to apply, please visit our website.
The deadline for submitting applications is 1 September 2019.
2019 UCI
riders’ agent exam
The UCI will organise
the annual exam for riders’ agents on 17 June 2019 in Aigle (SUI).
The content of the exam is based on the UCI Regulations and its
application.
For more information and registration please refer to the UCI website.
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2019 UCI
Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot - Pruszków
(POL)
Round-up
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot ended
on Sunday 3 March 2019, following five intense days of competition.
The event included some great races as well as a world record in the
men's team pursuit; it was set by the Australian team, who improved
their own world record by almost 1.8 seconds. It was a terrific
performance, coming ten years after Denmark became UCI World
Champions in this discipline on the very same track… by beating the
Australians by more than ten seconds.
A total of 375 riders – 166 women (44%) and 209 men (56%) –
representing 47 nations from all five continents, competed for the
twenty titles at stake. Seventeen nations took home at least one
medal from these World Championships.
You can find full results here.
2019-2020
UCI International Track Calendar
The 2019-2020 UCI
International Track Calendar, which dates from the day
after the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by
Tissot, has been published on the UCI website.
Events may still be registered on the calendar; however, a late
registration fee may be charged. The calendar procedure is available here,
and the registration forms can be found on the National Federations Extranet.
2019-2020
UCI Track Teams
The list of 37 UCI Track Teams
registered for the new season is available on the UCI website.
UCI
Regulations - Part III Track events - as of 4 March 2019
As announced in the
last Newsletter, the updated Part III of the UCI
Regulations with the latest changes is now available
in the left-hand column of the Regulations page on the UCI website.
The list of modified articles can be found in the right-hand column
of the same page.
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2019 UCI
Mountain Bike Teams
The list of the 2019 UCI MTB Teams (UCI ELITE MTB
Teams and UCI Mountain Bike Teams) has been published on the UCI
website. In total, 109 teams from 29 countries are registered for the
2019 season; Chile has registered a team for the first time.
2019
Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
Updated information
concerning the 2019 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will be
regularly published on the UCI website. Please check the website for
official schedules and deadlines relating to the series.
We would like to remind you that Teams and National Federations must
book their Team/National Federation area with each Mercedes-Benz UCI
Mountain Bike World Cup organiser; a form for this purpose is
available on each organiser’s website at least one month before the
event.
2019 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
official documents
2019 UCI
Mountain Bike World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz
Updated information concerning the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World
Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz will be regularly published
on the UCI website. Please check the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
presented by Mercedes-Benz official documents for
schedule, online registration deadlines etc.
We remind you that the National Federation area must be booked
directly with the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships organiser via
a form available on the event’s website.
UCI
E-Mountain Bike World Championships
The first-ever UCI E-Mountain Bike World Champions
(E-MTB) will be crowned this year during the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike
World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz. The official documents, such as the
competition schedule, have been published on the UCI website.
Mountain
Bike Enduro World Series
The UCI expands its
mountain bike offering in 2019 with the integration of the Enduro World Series into its
Mountain Bike International Calendar.
The opening event took place in Rotorua (NZL) on 23-24 March, and is
to be followed by the second round just a few days later (29-30
March) in Derby, Tasmania (AUS).
2019 UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup powered by
citymountainbike.com
The 2019 UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Cup
got underway on 23 March in Barcelona (Spain).
The expanded 2019 series features
eight rounds in eight different countries, underlining the continued
progression of the Eliminator discipline.
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New UCI
Regulations for 2019
You can now find the
regulations on the UCI website (part VI bis).
2019 UCI
BMX Freestyle World Cup – Registration Deadlines / Ranking
Deadlines
With the increasing
popularity of the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup, it has been necessary
to introduce a basic qualification system to restrict the number of
entries. This will make it possible to respect the competition
schedule. Participation is therefore limited to riders who have at least
50 points in the final UCI BMX Freestyle Park Individual Ranking
before registration opens for each event.
An exception is made for riders in the top 50 of the last 2018
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup ranking: these riders have the right
to enter each World Cup event in 2019, regardless of their ranking as
of the registration deadline.
The registration and ranking deadlines
are available on the UCI website.
2019 UCI
BMX Freestyle Park World Championships – Qualification Quota
With the increasing
popularity of the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships, it has
been necessary to introduce a basic qualification system to restrict
the number of entries. This will make it possible to respect the
competition schedule. This is done by setting a registration limit
for each country, based on the UCI BMX Freestyle Park Nations
Ranking.
The ranking deadlines and qualification system
for the 2019 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Championships (to be held
during the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu,
China, on 7-10 November) are available on the UCI website.
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2019 UCI
Trials Commission Meeting, Organisers’ Seminar and Secretary Workshop
The 2019 UCI Trials
Commission Meeting, Organisers’ Seminar and Secretary Workshop took
place at the UCI Headquarters in Aigle (SUI) on 13-15 March.
During the commission meeting, members discussed the success of the
new competition format implemented at the 2018 Trials World
Championships. These changes will now be introduced to the 2019 UCI
World Cup so that similar rules are in place for both the UCI World
Championships and the UCI World Cup. This new regulation enabled
better understanding of the sport for spectators and for TV viewers.
The Trials Organisers’ Seminar gives organisers an opportunity to
meet, share experiences, and ask questions. Discussions were held to
fully explain the new elements of the UCI Trials World Cup
Organisation Guide and how to work effectively with their different
partners.
The new format for the 2019 UCI Trials World Cup was the main focus
for participants of the Secretary Workshop. The Secretaries were able
to get in line with the technical aspects of the new format and its
scoring system, whereby riders accumulate points across the five
sections. The rider who scores the highest points is declared the
winner.
Trials
demonstrations at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in
Yorkshire (GBR)
The UCI will organise
two trials demonstrations at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in
Yorkshire, given by multiple UCI World Champion Jack Carthy (GBR).
The demonstrations will take place at the UCI Congress and during the
UCI Official Dinner. This initiative will be a great opportunity to
show National Federations what the trials discipline is all about and
encourage them to develop the sport in their respective regions.
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2019 UCI
Para-cycling Track World Championships
The UCI Para-cycling
Track World Championships took place on Apeldoorn (NED) on 14-17
March. 252 riders from 36 nations took part in this
successful event. This represents a new participation record.
Para-cycling
Track training camp at the UCI WCC
Eleven riders from
Australia, Estonia, Slovakia, France, Ireland, Italy, Indonesia and
Switzerland took part in the training camp organised by the UCI WCC
in Aigle. The same riders then participated in the 2019 UCI
Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn (NED), where the
Australian tandem of Jessica Gallagher and her pilot Madison
Janssen won the silver medal in the Women’s B sprint.
Online
registration dates for World Cup rounds
The online registration dates for the different
rounds of the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup are
available on the UCI website.
The system will open on 3 April for the round in Corridonia (ITA),
and on 10 April for the round in Ostend (BEL). Information bulletins
are available on the UCI website.
Classification
The Classification
Committee met on 6-7 March in Amsterdam (NED), alongside the 2019 UCI
Para-cycling Track World Championships. Several topics were
discussed, including research on classification and eligibility
criteria. A recertification seminar for UCI International Classifiers
took place immediately afterwards; its aim was to ensure consistency,
and to update classifiers on the current regulations.
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2019 UCI
Cycle-ball World Cup
The 2019 season will
begin on 6 April in Ailingen (GER), a town that already hosted a
round of the series, back in 2016. The Czech Republic, Germany,
Austria and Switzerland will have teams present at the tournament.
Quotas and team registration details have been sent to the indoor
cycling representatives of the relevant National Federations.
The competition programme will be published on the UCI website
shortly.
We would like to remind you that the registration deadline for teams
to participate in the UCI World Cup was Monday 4 March 2019.
Please address any questions you may have to indoor@uci.ch.
2019 UCI
Artistic Cycling World Cup
The first round of
the UCI World Cup was held on 9 March in Prague (CZE). The results and current
rankings are available on the UCI website.
The next World Cup stop will be in Merelbeke (BEL) on 25 May.
2019 UCI
Indoor Cycling World Championships
Ahead of the UCI
World Championships which will take place on 6-8 December in Basel
(SUI), we are pleased to announce that tickets for the event can be
bought via Ticketino and Ticketcorner.
Please address all requests for information concerning this event to indoor@uci.ch.
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2019 UCI
Gran Fondo World Series
The 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World Series continued
with the Bathurst Cycling Classic on 16-17 March in Bathurst (AUS),
and will be followed by the Tour of Bintan (INA) and Cyprus Granfondo
(CYP) taking place on 29-31 March.
In April, four qualifier events will provide athletes with an
opportunity to qualify for the 2019 UCI Gran Fondo World
Championships taking place in Poznan (Poland) on 29 August-1
September: the Tour de Brisbane in Brisbane (AUS) on 14 April; the
Greek Granfondo on the island of Kos (GRE) on 19-21 April; La
Bourgogne, a new event in Vire en Maconnais (FRA) on 27 April, and
the new GF Rio de Janeiro, exploring the Green Coast of Rio (BRA) on
29 April.
2020 UCI
Gran Fondo World Series – Final deadline for event registration
As communicated in
the February newsletter, the application deadline for events on the
2020 UCI Gran Fondo World Series calendar is set for 31 March 2019.
Giving riders the chance to win a coveted UCI rainbow jersey at the
UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, UCI Gran Fondo World Series
events are also an opportunity to promote tourism and develop cycling
in different regions around the world.
National Federations still interested in proposing events for the
Series are encouraged to contact the UCI at massevents@uci.ch
to follow the complete bidding procedure.
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Cycling
for All and the European PACTE project
Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe
(PACTE) is a three-year project, financed by the
Erasmus+ programme, which aims to increase physical activity rates
across Europe and create Active Cities.
The UCI Cycling for All team attended the PACTE project’s Active
Education Workshop in Berlin on 21-22 February 2019. Physical
activity and education for children was the focus of the two days of
presentations, panel discussions and group dialogues that brought
together representatives of the German Physical Education (PE)
Teachers Association, the Swiss PE Teachers Association, the Flemish
School Sport Federation, School on the Move – Finland, TU Munich,
Bikeability, the UCI and the Cities of Madeira (POR), Viana do
Castelo (POR), Lisbon (POR), Turku (FIN), Liverpool (GBR) and Berlin
(GER).
The case studies presented during the workshop, including examples
from the very successful Bikeability children’s cycling
education programme, will be used to produce the new PACTE Active
City Matrix, designed to help cities start an Active City programme
using three key pillars: Active Education, Active Workplaces and
Active Transport.
For more information regarding PACTE, please contact the UCI Cycling
for All team at CyclingforAll@uci.ch
or visit the PACTE project website.
Velo-City
2019 in Dublin
The Velo-City
conference is the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) annual global
cycling summit and the world’s largest conference about cycling,
cycling infrastructure, bicycle innovations, bicycle safety, and the
social and cultural changes driven by cycling on a global scale. It
brings together participants and organisations from around the world
involved in policy, promotion and the provision of cycling facilities
and programmes.
Velo-City 2019 will take place
on 25-28 June in Dublin (IRL). We encourage National Federations
interested in cycling advocacy and the sharing of best practices to
attend this unique gathering. The theme this year is Cycling for the
Ages, focusing on how to make cycling accessible to people of all
ages and abilities, young and old, male and female, as part of their
daily transport and recreation. The UCI Cycling for All team will be
present and available to meet with any National Federations attending
the event.
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SPOTLIGHT ON...NATIONAL FEDERATIONS'
FEMALE PRESIDENTS
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Earlier this month, on 8 March, we celebrated
International Women’s Day.
This was an occasion to look at the actions of the UCI to strengthen
the place of women in the governance of the sport.
The UCI’s Agenda 2022 contains numerous actions to increase the
representation of women at the head of our sport. At the Congress in
Yorkshire (GBR) this September, there will be a vote for a change to
the UCI Statutes to, among others, establish a minimum percentage of
women on the Management Committees of the UCI and Continental
Confederations as well as on National Federation executive
committees.
The UCI has been striving for several years to promote equity between
men and women in cycling. Our charter to promote men/women equality
within the UCI’s administration focuses on several key areas,
including equity of salaries and opportunities. On the sporting
side, all staff members of UCI Women’s Teams must now sign an
Acknowledgement and Recognition of Ethical Principles. Next year this
requirement will extend to all UCI Road Teams then to UCI Teams for
all disciplines in the near future. Under our equality charter for
podium ceremonies the same number of men and women must participate
in the ceremonies, and their outfits must be approved beforehand by
the UCI.
Since 2016, prize money for men and women has been equal at all UCI
World Championships and following approval by the UCI Management
Committee in January concerning cyclo-cross, equal prize money will
also apply for all UCI World Cups by 2022.
An important reform has been approved for the professionalism of UCI
Women’s Teams with the creation of the UCI Women’s WorldTeams in
2020. This reform will focus on team members’ salaries and working
conditions as well as an increase in anti-doping controls and the global
stability of teams.
The UCI is working on a Women in Cycling Toolkit for National
Federations that will be launched at the UCI Congress in September.
The goal is to help National Federations set up global strategies and
actions for the development of women’s cycling.
As the UCI’s first female Director General, it gives me great
pleasure to know that we have women at the head of some of our
National Federations, carrying out incredible work for our sport,
rising to different challenges and finding solutions. Below, we hear
from some of these Federation Presidents who are committed to our
sport and who are at the same time paving the way for women in the
governance of cycling.
Amina Lanaya
UCI Director General
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Sharon
Lowe
President: Anguilla Cycling Association (AIA)
Elected: January 2016
Biggest challenge so far: obtaining the
needed finances to help advance the sport and get our cyclists the
training and exposure they need.
Important achievement: Under my leadership
our Federation has been accepted as an affiliated member of the
UCI. This is something we have long been seeking to accomplish
Development of women’s cycling: We are a
small island, just 25 square miles, and many women are not interest
in competing in the sport. So we have gone into schools to promote
the sport and develop and interest school-aged children. We hope they
will stick with it and help us achieve our goal of having female
cyclists.
Natallia Tsylinskaya
President: Belarusian Cycling Federation (BLR)
Elected: May 2017
Biggest challenge so far: The
main problems that I inherited were an insufficient technical
base and outdated equipment
Important achievement: The arrival of a
new Polish coach Andrzej Tolomanov, who will play a decisive role in
the progress of our riders, and the organisation of a Tissot UCI
Track Cycling World Cup in 2018. We are preparing another round in
2019 as well as the 2019 European Games in Minsk.
Development of women’s cycling: We are
expanding the women’s racing calendar and a UCI Women’s Team has been
formed.
Sonia Ramos Acuña
President: Federación Boliviana de Ciclismo (BOL)
Elected: July 2018
Biggest challenge so far: to get elected
as a woman President in a world dominated by men.
Important achievement: Under my mandate we
have achieved 100% of cycling competitions on the national cycling
calendar. Previously it was common to cancel programmed races due to
lack of funds.
Development of women’s cycling: We include
women in all the national championships with the same rights and
opportunities as male cyclists. We offer the same prizes, same
incentives and the same number of races.
Joylene Griffiths
President: Jamaica Cycling Federation (JAM)
Elected: January 2018
Biggest challenge so far: operating
without administrative support and relying 100% on volunteer
support to raise funding for events and to attract sponsorship for
athletes representing Jamaica overseas.
Important achievement: A top cycling coach
from cycling Australia is in Jamaica to host the first coaching
programme geared towards Physical Education teachers, coaches of
other sports and cyclists who want to become coaches.
Development of women’s cycling: Our first
ever cycling programme in schools, Let’s Ride – which is in partnership
with Cycling Australia – includes girls. One of the schools on the
waiting list is an all girls’ school. Our coach from Australia, who
is a former national rider and female Tour de France competitor, will
be meeting with and speaking to these girls so they can dream about
what is possible for women in cycling.
Tanzila Narbaeva
President: Uzbekistan Cycling Federation (UZB)
Elected: June 2013
Biggest challenge: Starting from scratch.
Although there were talented athletes and coaches, the Federation had
no material or technical base, and there were no subdivisions in the
regions.
Important achievement: Thanks to the joint
efforts of our team and the support of the government we have
increased mass cycling, especially among young people. We created
cycling units in all 14 regions of the country, opened cycling groups
in almost all Olympic reserve schools and increased student quotas
for the cycling department of the Institute of Physical Culture and
Sports.
Development of women’s cycling: The Cycling
Federation and the Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan signed a
Memorandum of Cooperation to popularise this sport among women. We
carry out a set of measures aimed at developing and increasing the
mass popularity of cycling.
We leave the final word to… Aminata Mara
President: Fédération Guinéenne de Cyclisme (GUI)
Elected: November 2016
“Sport has the power to break down the barriers of sex, ethnicity,
religion and nationality. It encourages health and well-being,
improves self-esteem, teaches leadership, team spirit and
perseverance. Women in sport challenge stereotypes linked to gender,
become examples to follow and show that women and men are equal.
“It is increasingly recognised by numerous industries that women
broaden opportunities, come up with unprecedented ideas and
innovations and touch new audiences. Having said that, there is still
a long way to go before seeing total equity in the world of sport.”
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UCI
Partners gather together for a two-day seminar in Aigle
The UCI welcomed more
than 30 UCI Partner representatives to its head office in Aigle,
Switzerland, during its annual UCI Partners Seminar on 19-20 March.
The event combined information sessions, workshops and individual
meetings. Tissot, Shimano, Mercedes-Benz, Oakley, Telenet, Yorkshire
Tea and Mitas were among the partners in attendance.
UCI President David Lappartient and UCI Director General Amina Lanaya
gave a comprehensive update on the progress of the delivery of Agenda
2022 and the challenges to come. UCI Chief Financial Officer Jeremy
Conrad-Pickles presented results from Economic Impact Studies carried
out on major UCI World Championships, and Head of Digital,
Communications, Marketing and Sales Bertrand Vedovotto introduced a
few strategic marketing topics and opportunities for partners such as
digital marketing, CSR and on-site engagement. The break-down
sessions opened up a number of new ideas and possible areas for
cooperation at UCI events. Outside the meetings, partners were
invited to ride on the UCI World Cycling Centre’s track and meet
other UCI Heads of Departments during lunch and dinner.
“The overarching objective of the Seminar is to share and stimulate
practical ideas and synergies between our partners,” said Bertrand
Vedovotto. “We all evolve in a fast-moving environment so it is
critical that we take some time together to challenge ourselves and
reflect on each other’s experiences. The seminar has confirmed to us
the importance and pertinence of the projects that we are working on
for the future and has brought up some new concepts worth reflecting
on,” he added.
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