British Cycling

British Cycling is the national British Cycling Federation. It was founded in 1959 as a merger of several previous associations.

History

A predecessor of British Cycling was the National Cyclists' Union ( NCU), which had existed since 1883. In Britain, cycling is a sport of the working class and the wealthy "upper classes " was set against it. To avoid an impending ban of cycling, the federation is under said races on the road and on cycle tracks and organized such a closed circuit racing, probably under pressure from police and politics go. Result was, that is, the Road Racing Council was formed, which later renamed itself first in Road Time Trials Council ( RTTC ) and now Cycling Time Trials (CTT ). The Road Racing Council propagated time trial, which usually took place in the morning and before little audience to avoid attracting attention, and organized the competition British Best All- Rounder. The NCU locked driver and clubs who took part in these competitions.

1942 tried one of the then best British driver, Percy Stallard, put pressure on the NCU to allow cycling on the road. When his approach was rejected, he organized a race from Llangollen to Wolverhampton and has been locked for the Association. Then he and colleagues founded a new association, the British League of Racing Cyclists ( BLRC ). This association had great popularity and organized road races, so about a race from Brighton to Glasgow, from which have developed the Tour of Britain, and sent teams to race outside the British Isles. Success of British riders at the International Peace Race led to the first posting of a national team to the Tour de France in 1955.

The associations BLRC and NCU remained competitors. Membership in the Association a closed one made in another association. The former leading cycling magazine Cycling slapped on a page. NCU and RTTC It was only under pressure from the International Cycling Union Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI ) joined the two organizations in 1959 to British Cycling Federation (BCF ) together, against the resistance of Percy Stallard, who thought until his death in 2001 that the merger an error had.

Since the merger with other associations such as the BMX and mountain bike association is the new name British Cycling. The RTTC, however, remained a league of its own, but held the national time trial championships together with British Cycling.

British Cycling is a member of the Union Européenne de Cyclisme, the UCI and the British Olympic Association. The seat of the Association is located since 1994 at the National Cycling Centre at the Manchester Velodrome.

Structures

The structures of British Cycling are complicated due to historical developments. The association looks after the road cycling, the track cycling, cyclo-cross, BMX and mountain biking, Cycle Speedway and time trial on the road in Scotland.

British Cycling is divided into several regional bodies:

There is no national body for England, because that is not accepted by the UCI. Outside the Commonwealth Games, there is therefore no English teams.

The cycling in Northern Ireland is organized by Cycling Ulster, which are of the Cycling Association of Ireland.

Team Sky

The Team Sky is a professional team whose founding was inspired by British Cycling. President and Vice President of BC are also active in the leadership of the team. It is 2010 and is sponsored by the television channel Sky.

British Cycling Hall of Fame

On 17 December 2009, the British Cycling Hall of Fame was inaugurated with 50 members, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the association. In August 2011, the exhibition on until then only virtually existing " Hall of Fame" was opened at the Manchester Velodrome.