British Cycling on Thursday responded to Damian Collins' calls for federation chairman Jonathan Browning to step down and for UK Sport to drop support for Brian Cookson's bid for re-election as UCI president, saying Collins' comments were ill-informed and did not consider changes already underway within the organisation.
Collins, the chairman of the UK Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport select committee, made his comments following the publication of the final report of an independent review into British Cycling culture.
"In light of the findings of the independent review, I do not believe that Brian Cookson should be re-elected as head of the UCI – he certainly shouldn't receive any support from UK Sport for his campaign," Collins said. "None of the members of the board from the period covered in the investigation should remain, which would mean that Jonathan Browning should stand aside from his position as chairman."
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Cookson, the president of British Cycling from 1996 until he defeated Pat McQuaid in 2013 to become the head of the UCI, presided over a period at the federation that, according to the review, perpetuated a "culture of fear" in the high-performance programme.
Warning signs were present in a 2012 review commissioned by former British Cycling CEO Peter King, but no action was taken to address the issues until sprinter Jess Varnish accused coach Shane Sutton of sexism and discrimination following the 2016 UCI Track World Championships.
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