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.
March 2015 - Lampre–Merida withdraws from MPCC [1]
July 2015 - LottoNL–Jumbo withdraws from MPCC [2]
Sept 2015 -Astana excluded from the MPCC [3]
Feb 2016 - Orica–GreenEDGE and Team Katusha withdraws from MPCC,[4][5]
As of December 2021, the members were:
- 10 (of 19) WorldTeams: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, Bora–Hansgrohe, Cofidis, EF Education–EasyPost, Groupama–FDJ, Intermarché–Wanty, Israel–Premier Tech, Lotto–Dstny, Team Qhubeka NextHash, Team dsm–firmenich PostNL
- 16 ProTeams: Alpecin–Deceuninck, GW Shimano–Sidermec, Arkéa–B&B Hotels, B&B Hotels p/b KTM, VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè, Bingoal WB,Burgos BH, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA, Delko, Euskaltel–Euskadi, Gazprom–RusVelo, Equipo Kern Pharma, Team Novo Nordisk, Human Powered Health, Team Flanders–Baloise, Team TotalEnergies
- 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
- Approx 300 individual riders (since May 2018) [6][7]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ News 2015-09-04T09:34:00Z, Cycling (4 September 2015). "Astana excluded from the MPCC after Lars Boom cortisol case at the Tour de France". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Orica-GreenEdge leaves the MPCC. By Cycling News. CyclingNews. Published Feb. 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Team Katusha to leave MPCC | Team KATUSHA ALPECIN". teamkatushaalpecin.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "Bennett's Giro relief; MPCC brings on individual riders; 3T Strada trickle down: Daily News Digest". CyclingTips. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ↑ "Dear riders, come and join the MPCC on your behalf!". www.mpcc.fr. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
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