Further details have emerged over the sacking of Heiko Salzwedel, who was dismissed from his coaching role on Wednesday by British Cycling. According to one source, the German was called into a meeting with head coach Iain Dyer and performance director Stephen Park. Within 30 minutes, he had been told to clear his desk before Dyer escorted him from the British Cycling’s offices in Manchester. Salzwedel was told that several riders had voiced concerns over his leadership but one source has told Cyclingnews that the German was removed from his job partly because of his links to Shane Sutton and Bradley Wiggins.
The Daily Mail broke the news on Thursday, claiming that there had been a ‘rider revolt’ against Salzwedel. The German would not comment when approached by Cyclingnews on Friday morning but confirmed that he is now back in Berlin with his family while he and British Cycling agree to the terms of his severance.
One source with knowledge of the meeting told Cyclingnews that Dyer approached Salzwedel earlier in the week, asking if the German could meet with him on Wednesday.
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“Heiko arrived for work as normal at 9am and asked if Dyer was available shortly after arriving. Dyer refused to meet immediately, instead asking that they convene just before 1pm with performance director Stephen Park,” the source said.
“At the meeting Heiko was asked to review the team heading into the European Championships [October 18-22]. He gave them an analysis of his riders’ health. He was then told that a ‘couple off issues had come up and several riders were unhappy.’”
This apparently caught Salzwedel off guard. He held quarterly reviews with all of his athletes on the endurance programme and had asked them individually if they had any concerns. None were apparently put forward.
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