UCI launches SpeakUp campaign designed to make cycling safe for all

The UCI have their SpeakUp campaign designed to encourage members of the cycling community to speak up against harassment and abuse and make the sport safe for all.

According the official announcement post on the UCI website, "the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today launches a campaign aimed at encouraging all cycling’s stakeholders - athletes, coaches, organisers, officials and staff members of different structures - to play an active role in protecting the physical and psychological integrity of those involved in our sport."

"Cycling Integrity 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," the announcement continues. "The UCI must therefore do its utmost to fight against harassment and abuse in all its forms: psychological and physical abuse, sexual harassment and abuse, and negligence. Such occurrences simply have no place in cycling - professional or amateur - and cannot be tolerated."

"To this end, in 2021, the UCI created a secure reporting platform, UCI SpeakUp, where anyone can raise the alarm to help the UCI keep cycling safe and fair," it concludes.