AIGCP

The Association Internationale des Groupes Cyclistes Professionnel ( fr., in short: AIGCP, dt as: International Association of Professional Radmannsdorf machinations ) is the association of professional cycling teams (more precisely, the team operators).

Task

The AIGCP represents the interests of operators of the UCI ProTeam and Professional Continental Teams UCI over the world cycling federation UCI and race organizers. Thus the AIGCP sets, among others the prohibition of radio communications between drivers and the team car a.

With the " drivers 'union " Cyclistes Professionnels Associés (CPA ) is the AIGCP the minimum drivers' working conditions in a collective bargaining agreement similar agreement ( "Joint Agreements" / " Accord Paritaire " ) from. The UCI makes in its regulations for road cycling meeting these minimum working conditions, the requirement of licensing of a team as a UCI ProTeam or UCI Professional Continental team.

History

After the team manager of the interim leaked from the AIGCP teams Quick Step, Patrick Lefevere, President of AIGCP was, in 2008 became the team manager of the team Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne, Eric Boyer, elected to succeed him.

After a misslungenem boycott the race Paris-Nice 2008, during the debates between the race organizers on the one hand and UCI and teams on the other side, left temporarily more than half of the teams AIGCP.

Boyer was replaced by Jonathan Vaughters (Team Manager of Team Garmin - Cervélo ) as president in 2009. Vaughters did not run for the upcoming re-election in March 2013 and was replaced by Luuc Eisenga in this function.

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