Emma Pooley has called the leaked UKAD report into British Cycling ‘shocking’ and heavily criticised Dave Brailsford for overseeing a ‘culture of fear’ while at the helm of body’s World Class Programme.
The report, which was leaked last week, gave a damning assessment of the culture within British Cycling and questioned whether the current composition was capable of running a governing body. However, Pooley said that it would not be fair to make a sweeping generalisation about all British Cycling staff.
“A fish rots from the head,” Pooley told The Times. “The report is pretty shocking. But when people criticise, they need to think back to who is providing the leadership and not tar everyone with the same brush. Rather than blaming everyone, people need to look at who was setting that culture. It doesn’t mean that everyone in British Cycling is flawed like that.”
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Pooley, who has won a world title and an Olympic medal in the colours of Great Britain, went on to say that some members of the organisation were not happy with how British Cycling conducted itself but fear prevented them from talking out.
“I’m sure some of them would have liked to have done things differently but were fearful of doing so,” said Pooley
Pooley has often tried to hold British Cycling to account for what was deemed to be a lack of equality. She is not the only rider to have spoken out about the culture within British Cycling: Last year, Jess Varnish made allegations of sexism against the then-technical director Shane Sutton, who was suspended and later resigned. Former riders Nicole Cooke and Victoria Pendleton backed up her claims.
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