The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has launched a campaign aimed at encouraging all cycling’s stakeholders to play an active role in protecting the physical and psychological integrity of those involved in the sport of cycling.
This campaign is part of the Cycling Integrity programme, which comprises three pillars: Clean cycling, Safe cycling and Fair cycling, each of which has a preventive component, notably through an educational programme, and a reactive component, enabling abusive conduct to be reported and treated.
To encourage all concerned to use the UCI SpeakUp reporting platform, the UCI has launched a campaign on its various digital platforms, as well as out in the field via awareness courses and posters.
This platform can also be used by people wishing to report matters related to technological fraud and competition manipulation. Suspected doping incidents should be reported on the International Testing Agency (ITA) platform REVEAL.
The UCI encourages its affiliated national federations to develop similar reporting platforms and procedures within their own organisations.
UCI President David Lappartient said: “Integrity is a fundamental value of sport, and cycling is a fantastic sport, which also has the power to inspire hundreds of millions of people around the world to adopt cycling as a healthy leisure activity and sustainable means of transport.
“Cycling upholds strong values such as hard work, perseverance and solidarity, but it is also open to abuse. Such abuse has no place in our sport, and the UCI does not tolerate it. We want our sport to contribute to building a better society, and to this end, we do everything possible so that victims and witnesses of abuse know that we are on their side, and to encourage them to help us make cycling a sport that strives to be exemplary at all levels.
UCI Director General Amina Lanaya added “The campaign we are launching today is the second launched in the framework of Cycling Integrity after the promotion of REVEAL.
“While prevention is fundamental to avoid abuse in our sport, it is also necessary to provide reporting tools and support to victims and witnesses of such acts. The secure reporting platform UCI SpeakUp sends a strong message to cycling stakeholders: everyone must be respected, and no objective justifies degrading treatment.
“The UCI wants to listen to and help victims, and get rid of abusers. We will continue to develop our Cycling Integrity programme to ensure that cycling plays its full and positive role in society and for individuals.”
