First graduates of the UCI's management-training programme
The International Cycling Union (UCI) (Image credit: Sirotti)
Twenty-six ProTour and Professional Continental Directeurs Sportif can now claim a diploma for having completed the course “From Passion to Performance”. The management training course, held the beginning of November, was sponsored by the International Cycling Union (UCI).
A total of 26 Directeurs Sportif took part in the programme, and were then asked to draw up activity plans for their teams, based on what they had learned. It was on the basis of an assessment of these plans that certificates were issued attesting to the fact that the standards required by the UCI had been achieved, the UCI said in a statement released Tuesday.
Allan Peiper of Columbia-HTC said, "This course, and in particular the fact that there is an examination that you have to pass at the end, will give our profession greater credibility. It means that the competence and knowledge of Directeurs are recognised by a body outside the teams themselves.”
"This obligation, introduced by the UCI, will guarantee that in future the quality of the supervision of riders from all teams will fully satisfy the required standards and checks.” said John Lelangue of BMC Racing Team.
Milram''s Raoul Liebregts, said that "This training has given us essential basic information that no Directeur Sportif of a professional team can do without."
The UCI will require anyone wishing to become a Directeur Sportif to successfully complete this training by 2013 for ProTour teams and 2015 for Professional Continental teams.
List of Course Graduates
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Gilles Mas (FRA) – AG2R La Mondiale John Lelangue (BEL) – BMC Racing Team Josu Larrazabal Arbaiza (ESP) – Euskaltel-Euskadi Gorka Gerrikagoitia (ESP) – Euskaltel-Euskadi Claudio Cozzi (ITA) – Team Katusha Bart Leysen (BEL) – Team Katusha Gennady Mikhalylov (RUS) – Team Katusha Fabrizio Bontempi (ITA) – Lampre-NGC Brent Copeland (RSA) – Lampre-NGC Stefano Zanatta (ITA) – Liquigas Davide Bramati (ITA) – Quick Step Luca Guercilena (ITA) – Quick Step Hendrik Redant (BEL) – Silence-Lotto Herman Frison (BEL) – Silence-Lotto Alberto Volpi (ITA) – Barloworld Valerio Piva (ITA) – Team Columbia-HTC Allan Peiper (AUS) – Team Columbia-HTC Tristan Hoffmann (NED) – Team Columbia-HTC Raoul Liebregts (NED) – Team Milram Ralf Grabsch (GER) – Team Milram Jochen Hahn (GER) – Team Milram Jose Azevedo (POR) – Team RadioShack Rod Elingworth (GBR) – Team Sky Sean Yates (GBR) – Team Sky Marcus Ljungqvist (SWE) – Team Sky Scott Sunderland (AUS) – Team Sky
