National federation contact information

[TexPat]

It has been suggested by mtb dad that we as fans possess the power to change the way the sport that we love is managed by exacting pressure on our national delegates. This is a sentiment I share, and may be one of the few ways where collective action might in fact still work.

It's easier than we might think. Most national federations have few voting delegates at annual meetings to elect the president. 20-30 people in Canada can change the president. Only 40-odd national federations vote for UCI president. Get 20- or 30 european and nor am countries to support a regime change, and you can change the whole sport.
You don't need any of the groups above. Just find the delegates, convince them to give their support. If necessary, find the people that vote for the voters. It's up to us, not someone else.

So, I ask that this be a list of the who's who in the UCI, the respective national delegations and other relevant parties, all of whom may be called upon to save the sport as we know it. If things aren't genuinely cleaned up the inevitable flight of sponsors money will cripple the riders and teams whose livelihood depends on it.
Restoring the public's faith in the transparency of the UCI is of paramount importance.
We don't need Pat McQuaid's address as any correspondence is likely to fall on deaf ears.

The list:
Rudolf Massak (Austria),
Laurent De Backer (Belgium),
José Grinan Lopez (Spain),
Jean Pitallier (France),
Renato Di Rocco (Italy)
Jean Regenwetter (Luxembourg)

 

[Sanitiser]

My view is different. The UCI will never change. Create a new Tour.

 

[eatyourvitamins]

http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=MzQxMDk&LangId=1

3. Representation

The UCI represents the cycling family as a whole. It elects its bodies with the strictest respect for the principal of democracy, enabling equal representation of all those involved in the cycling world. Its clear and transparent mechanisms of delegation ensure that all interests are represented.

The members of the UCI are formally known as the National Federations10, one per country, which represent the cycling movement in their country.

National Federations from the same continent are grouped together in their Continental Confederation11. One of the raisons d’être of Continental Confederations is that they must guarantee the participation of National Federations, which they group together, in the UCI’s activities. Their participation is ensured by the election by each Confederation of members of National Federations as voting delegates at the UCI Congress.

The UCI Congress12 is the UCI’s highest authority. It is made up of delegations from National Federations, who vote through their voting delegates.

The Management Committee13 manages the UCI. Nonetheless, it is placed under the authority of the Congress. All the members of the Management Committee have a democratic type of legitimacy: 10 of its members are elected directly by the Congress, whilst 5 of them are Presidents of the 5 Continental Confederations (elected by the assembly of National Federations making up their Continental Confederation). Two members it co-opts may be added to the Management Committee, who nonetheless only have consultative powers. The Congress has the power to remove Management Committee members from office at any time.

The President is elected directly by the Congress. 14

The Professional Cycling Council, created on 28th January 2000 and made up of members chosen by the UCI Management Committee (6), by the AIGCP (2), by the CPA (?), and by AIOCC15 (2), represent the interests of riders, Trade Teams and race
organisers.

I havn't read it all yet so i am sure that there is more of interest there. That just seemed to jump out straight away as a summary of the UCI's power structure.

I'm trying to find a list of national federation delegates. Not proving easy to find so far... i.e. simple googling can't be that hard though with some real searching

 

[eatyourvitamins]

5. Transparency

To respect its policy of transparency, the UCI is committed to making public all
information about its organisation and leaders.

Detailed information on the UCI’s structure (election procedure, decision-making process
and, in greater detail, its constitution and regulations) are available, either on request22 or on
its website23.

LOL... should be able to get it on request if it can't be found on the website... i'm looking

 

[eatyourvitamins]

Rudolf Massak (Austria), Laurent De Backer (Belgium), José Grinan Lopez (Spain), Jean Pitallier (France), Renato Di Rocco (Italy) and Jean Regenwetter (Luxembourg) instead "

there is 6... from...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/six-national-federations-oppose-uci-protour

 

[eatyourvitamins]

http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI1/layout.asp?MenuId=MTI2NjU&LangId=1

is this it??

 

[Andynonomous]

My view is different. The UCI will never change. Create a new Tour.

I agree. When something is as corrupt as the UCI, it should be burnt to the ground, and start over with something completely different (nobody currently involved at the UCI is allowed into the new tour administration)..

- Have all riders sign a contract that they agree that new authority has supreme authority over the sanctioning of PED users (because national courts are sympathetic with their "homeboys").

- Strip off the PED testing into an independant body that the main body can't interfere with.

 

[TexPat]

So as NOT to derail this thread, could we please stick to providing information as stated in the OP?
The point is to provide people a way to affect change by letter writing, telephone calls etc to their respective delegates.
Call it a social experiment. It may work.

Let's have:

Names
Nationalities
Contact details

Should this be a sticky? Mods?

 

[TubularBills]

So as NOT to derail this thread, could we please stick to providing information as stated in the OP?
The point is to provide people a way to affect change by letter writing, telephone calls etc to their respective delegates.
Call it a social experiment. It may work.

Let's have:

Names
Nationalities
Contact details

Should this be a sticky? Mods?

+1

Sticky

Love the take back the sport call to arms!

 

[Barrus]

I will perhaps make this a sticky, however if I do, it would be better to include a bit more information about the persons and their position instead of just posting their names and countries. Also be advised that if I make tjis a sticky no debate will be continued in this thread and solely consist of names, bios and their positions. Also the contact info that can be made available needs to be publicly accessible, no real private information may be made available

I would also change the name of the title to something more like contacts in national federations, or something like that

 

[bobbins]

Given a choice, Turkeys wouldn't vote for Christmas (or Thanksgiving).

I doubt very much that the individual nations would vote for a regime change as the individuals concerned all have too much to lose. The more that gets uncovered, the more of a closed shop it appears to be.

Does anyone in their right mind think that the UCI will go after Armstrong? Certainly not when the Presidents Son is bidding the hold the World Road Champs in the USA and when another of his relatives works for Armstrongs sponsor Oakley or another relative is an agent. Too much to lose. Unfortunately.

 

[Roninho]

I have a hard time believing this is going to work, you need something special to get people invovled. Who is going to be the first (or first 10% actually) to get involved?

So you need to have some kind of backing to know that you are a solid party, and there is something in it for most. Like: if the regime is changed and from now on we will start with retro testing then a major tv-network in Germany will pay good $ for tv rights of all the gt's.
Or get a few of the former superstar riders to get behind this, who openly say: hey we had to do it and we feel terrible about it and are willing to try to change cycling.

There are way better ideas then what i just suggested, but whatever it is you need something that gets the first group involved. If it was easy it had happened a long time ago.

 

[bobbins]

Perhaps we can hi-jack the demonstrations in Egypt? If the internet is still down over there no one will know.

 

[Roland Rat]

I have a hard time believing this is going to work, you need something special to get people invovled. Who is going to be the first (or first 10% actually) to get involved?

So you need to have some kind of backing to know that you are a solid party, and there is something in it for most. Like: if the regime is changed and from now on we will start with retro testing then a major tv-network in Germany will pay good $ for tv rights of all the gt's.
Or get a few of the former superstar riders to get behind this, who openly say: hey we had to do it and we feel terrible about it and are willing to try to change cycling.

There are way better ideas then what i just suggested, but whatever it is you need something that gets the first group involved. If it was easy it had happened a long time ago.

It won't happen. The only, ONLY, people powerful enough to do it are ASO, who could hold their races away from UCI affiliation, but I bet even they would struggle as the national associations could make it very difficult for them. The IOC is where the main problem is. But they are untouchable.

 

[hrotha]

José Griñán López
7-22-1953
Spain

Vice-president of the RFEC, head of the disabled cycling department
Former president of the Cycling Federation of the Region of Murcia
Director-general of the RFEC (2004-2008)

josegrinanlopez@yahoo.es
(not sure how legit this address is. I'll try to contact either the RFEC or the Murcian cycling federation for more info)
(EDIT: email confirmed)

 

[Benotti69]

if Kimmage does not believe it can be fixed, i am not sure it can. these people are outside the eu law, they are based in Switzerland a country that enjoys the financial benefits of these federations and their corruptness. i imagine the banks charge a nice fee to manage the proceeds of their mafia like dealings.

no doubt all the heads of the various federations would love to be in McQuaids shoes raking it in.

 

[Roland Rat]

The UK is Brian Cookson.

http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI1/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU4MDg&LangId=1

The committee is a democratically elected body at the heart of the UCI and Brian's presence on it as a member over the next four years will keep British Cycling up to speed with the UCI's policy direction and give it a powerful lobbying voice at the top of the sport.

Brian said: "I am delighted to have been elected and I'd like to thank those national delegates who voted for me. It shows once again how highly regarded British Cycling is at the highest level of the sport and I look forward to assisting the UCI in developing cycling at home and abroad."

Pat McQuaid, UCI's President, commented: "I would like to congratulate Brian on his appointment and I look forward to working with him more closely. I know he will work hard to further the UCI's objectives such as further globalising the sport."

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/article/bc20090925-Brian-Cookson-Elected-to-the-UCI-Board-0

Good luck with that one...

 

[Roninho]

It won't happen. The only, ONLY, people powerful enough to do it are ASO, who could hold their races away from UCI affiliation, but I bet even they would struggle as the national associations could make it very difficult for them. The IOC is where the main problem is. But they are untouchable.

Yeah, i agree. Possible exception would be a huge firm like red bull together with a tv-network or something like that. At least some party with an huge amount of money. Althoughyou got to wonder why would they be interested (cycling simply isn't that big of a sport, even the vuelta was barely making enough money to cover its costs for years).

 

[mtb Dad]

John Tolkamp, president Canadian Cycling Association john.tolkamp@gmail.com
http://www.canadian-cycling.com/cca/about/documents/directory.pdf

Has a record of active anti-doping action. Oversaw the creation of "Race Clean: Own Your Own Victory"
http://www.canadian-cycling.com/cca/race_clean/index.shtml

Also bidding for a worlds and world cups, and has Arsenault doing two protour races on his turf. Might be hard to get him to pressure McQuaid while he's asking for favours for Canadian cycling. But we should try.

 

[mtb Dad]

re: Who to write to and why.

These two articles give a lot of info on how the UCI elections work, and where the power comes from. But it's still only 42 people.

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/interviews/?id=sylvia_schenk05a

"The 42 voting delegates will determine which candidate of the three - Irishman Pat McQuaid, Malay Darshan Singh or Spaniard Gregorio Moreno - will become Verbruggen's successor.

But Schenk claims that neither Singh or Moreno were given the contact details of the delegates for their electoral campaign, whereas McQuaid is being supported by the UCI and Verbruggen."

(I've tried to get the delegates details from a UCI contact before and received no answer. Anyone else?)

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/interviews/?id=sylvia_schenk05b
Schenk talking about Verbruggen:

He said that he was the one who had gotten me into the UCI in the first place, so he expected me to do what he wanted and support McQuaid. So I told him that I was thankful to him for being in the position that I was in, but that I had my own responsibilities now and that I needed to be convinced first.

Then he tried to put pressure on me. At the World's in Hamilton (Canada, 2003) he yelled and swore at me. I just tried to keep calm and we did talk sensibly after that again, but in the meantime he said to me, 'It's a man's world, and you're a woman, so you have to adapt.' That was his most important point, so to speak. [laughs] In Hamilton, he told me I should think very carefully about what I do, as I was damaging the Federation and myself. He said he could see to it that I wouldn't get re-elected just like the other Italian president [Giancarlo Ceruti]. So he threatened me massively. And I'm the kind of person who speaks her mind, openly, not behind someone's back. I can be convinced of something, I can agree to a majority but the topic should be sensibly discussed first. I won't be forced, and I won't be bought.

This shows the pressure national federation presidents are under from Verbruggen and Co. Schenk is a lawyer, former major city councillor, and activist, probably better prepared than most NF presidents. And the German federation was talking about cancelling the worlds over doping, so we know they aren't/weren't so beholden to the UCI.

It might help writers to show understanding to their reps of what they face at the UCI, while insisting on an accounting of the doping missteps over 40 years. Or be prepared to allow someone else to take their place.

 

[mtb Dad]

http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI1/layout.asp?MenuId=MTI2NjU&LangId=1

is this it??

Thanks EatYourVitamins. That's a start. But only 42 of them vote for the UCI president at the UCI Congress. But mysteriously, it's not published who they are.

 

[eatyourvitamins]

Right. Now it makes more sense to me I think... only 42 delegates vote and you don't know which ones it is out of that list? So the questions raised...

1: Is the list of voting delegates/federations static or dynamic?

2: If it is dynamic, what process/parameters decide who is or is not a voting member?

Logic would assume that the most powerful/present cycling nations would all have a voting delegate. If this is true then you could probably guess the at least 20... After that, who votes and who they vote for probably just depends on who greased whose chain and who tensioned whose spokes the most.

But this is pure conjecture until we know the process...

 

[eatyourvitamins]

National Federations from the same continent are grouped together in their Continental Confederation11. One of the raisons d’être of Continental Confederations is that they must guarantee the participation of National Federations, which they group together, in the UCI’s activities. Their participation is ensured by the election by each Confederation of members of National Federations as voting delegates at the UCI Congress.

The UCI Congress12 is the UCI’s highest authority. It is made up of delegations from National Federations, who vote through their voting delegates.

The Management Committee13 manages the UCI. Nonetheless, it is placed under the authority of the Congress. All the members of the Management Committee have a democratic type of legitimacy: 10 of its members are elected directly by the Congress, whilst 5 of them are Presidents of the 5 Continental Confederations (elected by the assembly of National Federations making up their Continental Confederation). Two members it co-opts may be added to the Management Committee, who nonetheless only have consultative powers. The Congress has the power to remove Management Committee members from office at any time.

Does that answer the question? It's from the pdf i posted earlier... http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/ge...QxMDk&LangId=1

SO each continental confederation votes amongst themselves to choose a voting delegation to represent them at the UCI congress? which is the highest authority in the UCI and directly elects the president. Am i getting that right? So...

1. When, how often and under what circumstances does this process occur? to represent them takes part in eachthe voting delegates are actually voted

 

[eatyourvitamins]

http://uec-federation.eu/img/2/Statutes_of_the_European_Cycling_Union.pdf

This details the process and powers whereby the continental congress delegation for the UEC is elected. I can't imagine the process within the other confeds would be much different? I just flicked through and it seems to pretty clearly outline the voting process.I need to sleep now but if no one else finds the pertinent points held within then i'll take a look tomorrow.

Then there is the constitution of course which outlays all of the voting procedures.

http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34040&LangId=1

This is interesting too. Am i reading this wrong or are these the current voting delegates for the asian confed? I say current as it says they were elected at the 2010 ACC congress...

-N. Karunarathne (Sri Lanka) -Alfred Li (Hong Kong China) -Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (India) -Ali Zangiabadi (Iran) -Kim Jin Chul (Korea) -Shoichi Iwadate (Japan)-Low Wye Mun (Singapore)-Li Kai Chik (Chinese Taipei)-Abu Samah Wahab (Malaysia)

from this little memo...

http://www.mncf.org.my/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=61

 

[mtb Dad]

That's interesting. Thanks for posting that. That would explain why people don't know who's voting for the president, as Schenk complained. It's insulated by a selection process at the continental congress.

It also appears it isn't know well in advance. Article 37 says you have to tell the UCI at the opening of the congress. (!) Kinda limits lobbying of delegates eh?

Article 37
1. The identity of voting delegates must be communicated to the President of the Congress at the opening of the Congress.

Here's the number of delegates per continent.

Article 36
1. Members shall exercise their voting rights through the agency of voting delegates appointed
among each continental confederation. Each delegate must be a member of a federation of the
continental confederation concerned.
2. The total number of voting delegates shall be 42 distributed among continental confederations
as follows:
Africa: 7 delegates
America: 9 delegates
Asia: 9 delegates
Europe: 14 delegates
Oceania: 3 delegates
3. Each voting delegate shall have one vote.
(text modified on 25.09.08).