{"id":515803,"date":"2026-03-05T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515803\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:49:13","slug":"the-cyclists-alliance-asks-for-support-amid-an-urgent-funding-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515803\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cyclists’ Alliance asks for support amid an ‘urgent funding crisis’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The women’s union says that it ‘will be forced to cease operations’ without financial help.<\/p>\n

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The Cyclists\u2019 Alliance (TCA), which represents riders in the professional women’s peloton, put out a call for support on Wednesday, acknowledging that it “is facing a critical funding shortfall and asking its supporters to donate to a GoFundMe<\/a> campaign.”<\/p>\n

The organization said that situation, despite financial backing from various sponsors over the years, is dire enough that “without immediate financial support, The Cyclists\u2019 Alliance will be forced to cease operations.”<\/p>\n

TCA was founded in 2017 as a union to represent pro women, notably distinct from the Cyclistes Professionnels Associ\u00e9s (CPA), the sole labor organization representing the men’s peloton. Although the CPA does have a women’s division \u2013 the only women’s union officially recognized by the UCI \u2013\u00a0TCA works separately, and indeed that independence is central to its purpose.<\/p>\n

Since its inception, the union has advocated for the women’s peloton in a variety of areas. As its call for support points out, along the way, it has “helped drive progress on minimum salaries, maternity rights, and improved working conditions across the sport” in addition to offering mentoring and legal advice and conducting annual surveys to provide a fuller understanding of the opinions, circumstances, and demographics of the peloton each year.<\/p>\n

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