To keep our Rider Members informed, please see the topics and questions submitted by TCA to the recent UCI meeting concerning key issues in women’s cycling.
The purpose of this report is to review The Cyclists’ Alliance (TCA) achievements and learnings from 2020, to give all members and stakeholders in the sport an update on our activity, the new benefits launched and what we plan to achieve over the coming year.
As this crazy year winds to a close, we take the time to slow down and celebrate the wonderful careers of two very special riders to The Cyclists’ Alliance; Gracie Elvin and Roos Hoogeboom.
In May to June 2020, professional women riders participated in The Cyclists’ Alliance Annual Rider survey. The survey was open to all cycling disciplines as well as U23, Continental and WWT levels to ensure the results were representative of the landscape.
We congratulate the men’s peloton for starting ‘The Riders Union’. We believe cycling needs a transparent union that communicates directly with the riders and which gives riders of all nationalities direct and equal influence on the decision making process.
Since racing restarted after the implementation of the UCI Covid-19 protocol, the first months have shown that both the teams and riders are taking the protocol seriously.
However, there have been instances where the protocol has been difficult to maintain.
IThe UCI has decided to open the UCI ranking per July 2020 and onwards. This has caused a lot of concern amongst MTB rid- ers, especially since riders from some countries are still unable to compete.
We understand there are still a lot of questions on the return to racing, therefor we hosted a webinar with Dr Claire Rose (TCA) and Dr Tessa Backhuijs (CCC-Liv) to talk you through the UCI guidelines and how you can protect yourself. Rewatch the webinar here.
Racing means riding very closely with other members of the peloton, possible plane travel to reach the starting location and racing also means riders will be surrounded by more people (such as organizers, staff from other teams, spectators) and/or in larger groups.
We have been asked whether you can refuse to participate in a race. Can you be obliged by your team (employer) to get started?
