At an extraordinary general meeting of its national council on Saturday, British Cycling accepted proposals to fall in line with sports minister Tracey Crouch’s code to promote diversity by October. Had it not have done so, then the sport faced losing more than £40m of UK Sport and Sport England funding, a point Hoy was eager to make in a rallying cry on Friday. “Our membership also voted for an amendment to create the role of a director nominated by the English regions to go alongside those nominated by Scottish Cycling and Welsh Cycling. “Without secured funding we will not be able to share our love of the sport and enable others to try it. The governing body has called an EGM next month in a bid to reverse the outcome.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2017 13:52 UTC