Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible
Mouvement pour un Cyclisme Crédible or Movement For Credible Cycling (MPCC) is a union created on July 24, 2007 by seven sponsored teams of professional road cyclists : AG2R Prévoyance, Agritubel, Bouygues Télécom, Cofidis, Crédit Agricole, Française des Jeux and Gerolsteiner. The MPCC was created to defend the idea of a clean cycling, in particular according to the strict code of ethics established by UCI. The president of the organisation is former cyclist and team manager Roger Legeay who himself tested positive for amphetamines during his career.[1]
March 2015 - UAE Team Emirates withdraws from MPCC [2]
July 2015 - LottoNL–Jumbo withdraws from MPCC [3]
Sept 2015 -Astana excluded from the MPCC [4]
Feb 2016 - Mitchelton–Scott withdraws from MPCC [5]
As of Feb 2016, the members were:
- 8 (of 18) ProTeams: AG2R La Mondiale, IAM Cycling, Team Dimension Data, Groupama–FDJ, EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale, Team Sunweb, Team Katusha–Alpecin, Lotto–Soudal
- 17 Professional Continental Teams: Androni–Sidermec–Bottecchia, Bora–Hansgrohe, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice, Cofidis, Delko–Marseille Provence KTM,Direct Énergie, Drapac–EF p/b Cannondale Holistic Development Team, Fortuneo–Samsic, Gazprom–RusVelo, Nippo–Vini Fantini, Team Novo Nordisk, Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij,Stölting Service Group, Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise, UnitedHealthcare, Wanty–Groupe Gobert
- 18 Continental Teams
- 7 Women's Teams
- 7 race organisers
- 10 federations: UEC, NCF, FFC, Swiss Cycling, CI, KBWB/RLVB, F.R.M.C, ICF
- 8 sponsors
References
- ↑ "Roger Legeay". Wikipedia. 2018-05-14.
- ↑ Lampre-Merida withdraws from MPCC. By Spencer Powlison. Velo News. Published Mar. 9, 2015.
- ↑ Lotto Jumbo withdraws from MPCC. By Barry Ryan. CyclingNews. Published July 04, 2015.
- ↑ . By Cycling News. CyclingNews. Published Sept. 4, 2015.
- ↑ . By Cycling News. CyclingNews. Published Feb. 23, 2016.
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