Thanks for the story. I will say this very nicely. My job is to represent the riders, not convince them, change their options, and definitely not side with the organisers, UCI, or fans. I'm not here to make friends with organisers, UCI, teams, or even fans. It is not my voice. It's the riders voice. But I allow them to hide behind me, and I say what they want to be said. I was a rider. You, as a fan, might read that a rider goes home cause of crash a few days before or a flu. But I know if a rider goes home because of a flu, and being at the great race of the Giro, he would have raced with that flu for days and been struggling and suffering which you can not see on TV for those days before deciding to stop. There is so much more happening than fans see. Stopping is the end point of the rider, a complete meltdown, and before that point, they have been well over their limit for sometimes as long as weeks. I know the illnesses going through the teams, and the riders' health is my priority. Rain, not a problem. Add 4 degrees, add a decent where you can not pedal, and body temp gets colder over time. And a stage where it's all uphill from the start, which creates peleton stretched long and many different groups where cars can not service their own riders, giving riders proper clothing is the difference. What is this difference? More than 10 riders went home due to illness. The next day, 10 more riders go home with illness and today?? Let's see. Now, these riders with it, have had it for days. Fans don't know that. Fans dont know if in the last 24 hours, 20 guys go home, which means another 40 are still racing while being ill. I do. Is it healthy to race such a demanding stage while being sick, pressure from teams, fans, contracts and like you said, every party/stakeholder against the riders opinion they ask for a stage to be shorter for their own health? No doctor worth his salt would agree someone ill should spend 5 hours wet in the cold with heart rates going above 170 multiple times while the body is already fatigued. You are right. They can be replaced if they dont want to do it, and truth be told, some teams and organisers see that they are just race horses, Push them! We can replace them. so who cares!!! I care. If you, organisers, sponsors, UCI, or fans rather risk a humans health for your own entertainment, then it proves the point that they need someone on their side, like me

Let's talk about the Moto's influencing the race for a bit. For the fans bashing riders for riding behind the Motos, that's unfair. The riders are free to ride anywhere on the roads. For races that have Motos too close or just everywhere, that's not the riders fault. It's the organization of the vehicles in front of the race that is handled badly, again not the riders fault. It's first a race, not a movie production set. Do the riders want the Motos not influencing the race? Of course they do, we hear comments all the time and we always bring it up at each meeting. Even the organizers has expressed to improve safety, is to decrease the speed of the riders, where the CPA has always replied, the fastest way to slow down the bunch is not to have the Motos so close to the bunch. Which is a lot easier than trying to enforce correct hand position. Again, all riders want more distance between Motos and the front bunch, riders should not have to navigate to make sure they are not directly in the draft of a moto. Please fans, it's the motorbikes fault, not the riders. Respect the riders, their job is hard enough and then to read on social media that they get disrespected because they have a motorbike in front of them is not fair. Maybe the CPA might create a fund raiser for the production crew to buy a zoom for their cameras on these motorbikes. As it's unfair how much they influence the race speed, the results and on the other riders.

This will have to be handled very well. It's serious to cross a red light at a train crossing. But bike races are different to normal car traffic. Cars drive a safe braking distance from each other. In a bunch if a rider wants to stop on a dime as the Belgium Law states, then you would have a massive crash on the crossing or around. We have to make sure this case is handled correctly, not to have riders freak out in future races and slam their brakes on causing crashes on a railway seconds before a train crosses.

You had zero complaints? I was not aware you're the go to man to hear the riders complaints. Remember some years are good, some bad. But generally speaking the Vuelta is very hot. And generally speaking the Giro has snow. Here keyboard warriors love to fire back. Where is the problem? I voice the riders opinions and I can say first hand experience that generally the Giro has had a lot of snow and the Vuelta also have some heat issues. Then I get complaints from organisers by the amount of stages being cancelled. So if we are looking for a solution to address these, that's an option. I'm trying to find solutions to avoid cancelled stages for the organisers. One time I was asked during a meeting from the organisers my feeling if the Giro was shifted back one week, as RCS has been requesting this. My personal opinion is that the whole European calendar would benefit if the calendar would be shifted 2 weeks back. ChatGPT: Winter is now starting later and lasting further into the year. Likewise, summer begins later than it used to, but it also stretches longer into autumn. The whole seasonal cycle has shifted forward, with both warm and cold periods drifting later in the calendar. So.... If the weather is shifting, it isn’t stupid to think the race calendar should shift with it, it’s logical. When winters start later and last longer, and summers begin and end later, the traditional race dates no longer match the real conditions riders face. Ignoring that reality makes less sense than adjusting the calendar to the new climate. Also the earlier races at the start of the season in Spain would dramatically benefit with less rain. Riders could also have a better off season period instead of being in full training mode over family time during Christmas....

I've said this over the past years during the PCC and various other meetings. I was laughed at, but obviously they've never ridden the Giro in freezing rain and snow, or the Vuelta in scorching heat. That is the biggest problem in cycling, the tradition is holding the sport back.

We have recently reunited with @MajaMTB, President of the @UCI_cycling Athletes’ Commission, and road riders rep elected in #Kigali2025 @JulietteLabous and @Tomashuuns to share ideas and programmes 🤝 We look forward to work together for the next 4 years in the riders interest 🚴‍♀️

Today, the #CPA and #CpaWomen began meetings with the teams, starting with world champion Magdeleine Vallieres's @EFprocycling 🌈 It is a pleasure to talk to the riders we represent during the calm of the off-season 🤝 #WeAreTheRiders #StrongerTogether #Cycling 📸 @SprintCycling

Maybe this will be a monthly thing....@cpacycling

The @UCIRWANDA worlds is the most impressive worlds I have been to. The fans were incredible and packed, the course closure was top level, maybe the course was a bit too difficult 🫣, but well done to put on a race like this on the other side of the world. Thanks World Champion Magdeleine Vallieres for the photo and congrats.

Really great to see at the @UCIRWANDA that they have full tracking on all riders. It's impressive system. The system shows directly if a rider stops for any reason. We really need this.

The CPA wishes to express its full support to the riders following yesterday’s incident, where a protest on the road caused a crash during the race. We remind everyone that cyclists are not involved in political or social disputes — they are simply doing their job: racing. Their safety must never be put at risk. While we respect the right to peaceful protest, actions that endanger athletes cannot be accepted. Rider safety must remain the highest priority. The CPA stands firmly with the riders: they just want to race in safe conditions.

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#RespectTheRiders #SafetyFirst To all spectators at cycling races, take a lesson from this video ⤵️ to cheer on the riders without putting them in danger! Thank you @TourOfSlovenia (Repost this video and tag three friends for a chance to win a Limar helmet! 😉) #TDF2025 #TDF @LeTour

For the @cpacycling's first year it worked out well. Thank you to all the riders who came and the companies interested in connecting with the riders looking for careers for their future.

The CPA is inviting retired riders, riders thinking of retiring soon, and companies looking to hire an ex-professional cyclist. Please contact @cpacycling or myself to join our event at Eurobike! Please spread this message to increase the chance for both riders and companies to get together. This applies for both men and women riders.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: 📣📣 In some circumstances, riders and our association have found themselves in need of criticising the organisation of some races for safety problems that have occurred. Instead, today we would like above all to congratulate the excellent decision taken by @rcssport and the jury on yesterday's stage of the #GirodItalia, for having promptly neutralised the race and allowed the riders who had suffered a bad crash to recover and be rescued, and the entire peloton to complete the race without stress and with a spectacular final sprint. We would like @rcssport to be taken as an example by all organisers who will find themselves in the same situation in the future. 🙏 Thanks from the entire peloton and the CpA! @rcssport @giroditalia #GirodItalia #Giro #Giro2025 @UCI_cycling @AIOCCycl

Cycling fans continue to put riders at risk, after World Champion Mathieu van der Poel was attacked during a race. But when the sport relies so heavily on fans, I spoke to the CPA president @HansenAdam, to find out what needs to happen #parisroubaix2025 #cycling

We are looking at extending the EWP to more races and improving the protocol on how to restart in a more fair way for all riders. #SafeR @women_cpa @cpacycling @SafeRoadcycling