Some 18 years after the Professional Cyclists Association (CPA) was created, the rider association has announced that it will have a women's section. It will be run by Alessandro Cappellotto, a former road race world champion and a vice president of the Italian riders' association (ACCPI).
Following the announcement, Cyclingnews sat down with Cappellotto to talk about the origins of the move and what the organisation hoped to achieve. It is the first time that women's cycling has had a body solely interested in the riders' interests and Cappellotto believes that a united voice will help push the sport along quicker than it has been over the past two decades.
Cyclingnews: How did the women's section of the CPA come about?
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Alessandra Cappellotto: I was a rider so I think I know really well the problems of the women and the system also. How women's cycling works. After I won the World Championships in 1997 in Spain, after that I was the first woman who made an international team. I built a team and 20 years ago that was something new. It was something revolutionary in Italy and in women's cycling. We were the first women's team to have a truck for the bikes and a van and to have the bikes with the same sponsor as the team.
I loved being a rider, but I was always busy trying to do something. When I went inside the men's association ACCPI, I wanted to do something for women. Then, a few years ago, came the idea, why don't we help other women [internationally]? At last, after lots of work, the CPA gave us the ok to have this women's section.
CN: How long were you talking with the CPA before it was all agreed?
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