Vogel and De Ketele Elected onto the UCI Athletes' Commission

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce that Kristina Vogel (Germany) and Kenny De

Ketele (Belgium) have been elected to represent track cycling on the UCI Athletes' Commission, after a vote

held during the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships presented by Tissot, taking place this week in

Hong Kong.

Vogel and De Ketele were chosen from a list of nine candidates - five men and four women - by athletes

participating in the Championships.

Vogel and De Ketele obtained 43,36% and 29.59% of the votes respectively.

Of the athletes competing in Hong Kong, 56.97% took part in the vote.

Members of the Commission are elected for a four-year mandate running from the UCI Congress in 2017 to

the Congress in 2021.

This week’s election is part of the renewal of all UCI Commissions in 2017.

Vogel and De Ketele will join Katerina Nash (Czech Republic) and Simon Zahner (Switzerland), elected as

cyclo-cross representatives during the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Bieles, Luxembourg, at

the end of January.

This year, the UCI has decided to increase the representation of its various disciplines on the UCI Athletes'

Commission by modifying its electoral system.

This new voting system will see the UCI Athletes' Commission grow from 13 to 16 members, with a perfect

Men/Women balance for each of the eight disciplines.

In line with the election method of the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),

which elects its members at each Olympic Games, elections of the two representatives from each discipline

will take place every four years at the UCI World Championships of the relevant discipline.

The mission of the UCI Athletes’ Commission is to:

• present the UCI Management Committee with a wide range of considerations in order

to improve the role of athletes in all disciplines;

• promote/improve the respect and rights of athletes across all forms of cycling and in all disciplines;

• promote ethics and all fair play rules inherent to the practice of cycling at all levels;

• provide a direct link with the UCI Management Committee for major events;

• inform athletes of the range of professional training available to them during and after

their sporting careers;

• act as ambassadors and role models for all disciplines and at all levels.

According to the Commission's terms of reference, the President of the UCI Athletes' Commission is elected

by his/her peers and is co-opted onto the UCI Management Committee, the executive body of the

Federation which operates under the authority of the Congress. In addition, one representative on the

Athletes' Commission from each discipline automatically becomes a member of the Commission of his/her

discipline, and therefore represents the athletes on that Commission.

The renewal of the UCI Athletes' Commission, with wider representation of disciplines, comes a year after

the Commission was overhauled - one of the key commitments of Brian Cookson, since taking up the UCI

Presidency in 2013.

Men Number of votes Percentage

Kenny De Ketele (BEL) 58 29.59%

Maximilian Levy (GER) 44 22.44%

Azizulhasni Awang (MAS) 41 20.91%

Andreas Müller (AUT) 25 12.75%

Morgan Kneisky (FRA) 24 12.24%

*** Abstention *** 4 2,04%

Women Number of votes Percentage

Krisitina Vogel (GER) 85 43.36%

Natasha Hansen (NZL) 45 22.95%

Lee Wai Sze (HGK) 34 17.34%

Laurie Berthon (FRA) 30 15.30%

*** Abstention *** 2 1,02%

For more information, please contact:

Louis Chenaille

UCI Press Officer

+41 79 198 7047

louis.chenaille@uci.ch

John Zerafa

VERO Communications

+44 7813 814 816

jzerafa@verocom.co.uk

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