British and Irish Professional Cyclists’ Association (BIPCA) launched

A new union representing all professional British and Irish road cyclists at the UCI World Tour and Pro Continental levels has been launched.

The British and Irish Professional Cyclists’ Association (BIPCA) includes Chris Froome, Dan Martin and Mark Cavendish amongst its 34 members. Ben Greetham will serve as chairman with Dimension Data for Qhubeka rider Matt Brammeier serving as Secretary-Treasurer.

According to their website, “the establishment of BIPCA began in January 2016, when the 34 British and Irish professional riders moved to vote for an individual to represent their interests at the Cyclistes Professionnels Associes.”

The Cyclistes Professionnels Associes (CPA) is an international association which represents UCI World Tour and Pro Continental cyclists which was established in 1999.

BIPCA also state that “our aim is to build our association into a full service athletes union for all male and female professional road cyclists within Great Britain and Ireland.”

You can find more information on their website: http://www.bipca.co/

Members
Adam Blythe
Adam Yates
Alex Dowsett
Alex Peters
Andy Fenn
Ben Swift
Chris Froome
Chris Opie
Dan Martin
Daniel Mclay
George Harper
Geraint Thomas
Hugh Carthy
Ian Stannard
Joshua Hunt
Kristian House
Luke Rowe
Mark Cavendish
Mark McNally
Matt Brammeier
Nicholas Roche
Pete Williams
Peter Kennaugh
Phillip Deignan
Richard Handley
Ryan Mullen
Sam Bennett
Sam Williams
Scott Thwaites
Simon Yates
Stephen Clancy
Stephen Cummings
Tom Baylis
Yanto Barker