Former British Cycling president Tony Doyle has questioned the all-female make-up of an independent commission examining allegations of a deeply entrenched culture of sexism within the organisation in a BBC 5 radio interview this morning.
The allegations of sexism and discrimination were raised by sprinter Jess Varnish, who was dismissed from consideration for the Rio Olympic Games. She claimed that technical director Shane Sutton told her, "I'd been on the programme too long, that I was too old at the age of 25. Shane said that I should just move on and go and have a baby."
Sutton was suspended and then resigned from BC before the organisation requested an independent commission "to understand what needs to potentially change culturally within British Cycling to ensure that the highest standards of ethical behaviour exist within and across the whole World Class Programme".
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Doyle, 59, criticized the review to presenter Clare McDonnell on the live morning show today.
"There was an independent review because he was allegedly said to have made sexist remarks. The independent review, Clare, was conducted by three women. You know … so something's not right there," Doyle said.
Doyle is correct in stating that there are three women on the commissioning board in charge of the review - it is chaired by British Rowing's Annemarie Phelps, with UK Sport CEO Liz Nicholl and BC director Marian Lauder. But, according to the UK Sport web site, there is a review board made up of two men and two women who make up an expert panel. That panel includes rugby coach Stuart Lancaster, barrister John Mehrzad, former hockey player Annie Panter and London Olympic cultural director Jude Kelly CBE.
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