After years of stagnation on the issue, female professional cyclists could have a minimum salary, and a tiered system comparable to the men by 2019. Last month the male riders at WorldTour and Pro Continental levels saw their base salary raised by two per cent by the UCI but the absence of a women's basic wage was a glaring omission.
Alessandra Cappellotto, head of the new women's division of the Professional Cyclists Association (CPA), is working on minimum salary rule and is confident of getting it in place for the 2019 season. With a minimum salary will come a tiered system that will allow the introduction of ethical regulations and other structures to help standardise the top levels of the sport.
"I think that the most important thing, and now that we have a new president we can reach this goal, is a minimum salary for the riders," Cappellotto told Cyclingnews.
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"We fought really hard with the teams' organisation to have this two per cent increase for the men. My idea for women's cycling is a bit different for the men, but we will follow a little bit their organisation.
"I think that women's cycling has two different levels in the teams. There are the teams that are in the WorldTour, and they must have a different minimum salary compared to the other teams that don't race the WorldTour. I think it is for us to choose this and to make it clear that there are two different levels and to find out what is the right level for the salary."
While she is keen to get the regulation pushed through, Cappellotto says it wouldn't be fair to bring it in for 2018.
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