Part of the Women’s World Tour calendar since 2018, the Vuelta Femenina will kick off the season for major stage races on Sunday, culminating in the Tour de France Femmes at the end of July. The MPCC is committed to ensuring that men’s cycling is credible, and also insists that women’s cycling takes the same path, involved in the fight against doping. Our movement is delighted by the ever-increasing visibility and popularity of women cyclists, and hopes that they will also make a commitment to their credibility in an increasingly competitive circuit.
The election at the end of 2024 of Emily Brammeier (Team Picnic-POSTNL) as vice-president of the MPCC, dedicated to women’s cycling, is a step in this direction. Emily Brammeier is the point of contact for all those, whether racers or sports managers, and all those, particularly in the support teams, who wish to join us in the fight against doping.
Open on a voluntary basis to both individual riders and teams, membership of the MPCC is a bellwether of this commitment to fighting the scourge of doping. Before the start of the Vuelta Femenina, our movement had 18 individual members participating in the race and 10 teams out of the 21.
Some MPCC members, such as stage race specialist Juliette Labous and Tour de France Femmes stage winner Liane Lippert, are among the 147 starters. We encourage other riders from MPCC and non-MPCC teams to join us and « keep the lights on ».