Shane Sutton has claimed that the leadership at British Cycling is ‘in disarray’ after the national body made a number of high profile management changes.
Sutton resigned from his post as technical director in the spring of 2016 amid accusations of sexism and bullying. An investigation later cleared Sutton of all but one of the charges against him but found that he used sexist language, including the word "bitches," towards track sprinter Jessica Varnish, who has since filed a lawsuit against British Cycling and UK Sport.
Management changes in the last 18 months include Julie Harington coming in as CEO to replace Ian Drake, and Stephen Park joining as the performance director to fill Dave Brailsford’s old position. Heiko Salzwedel, who guided the British men to gold in the team pursuit at the Rio 2016 Olympics, is technically still an employee but is on gardening leave in Germany, while Richard Freeman has also left following his involvement in the ‘Jiffybag’ investigation led by UKAD and subsequent health issues.
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On top of that, Jonathan Browning is set to step down as chair of British Cycling in December, just nine months into the role. Bob Howden stepped down as Chairman in February but remains as British Cycling President and is standing unopposed for re-election at British Cycling’s AGM this weekend.
“You’ve only got to look at the exodus of people. For me, everything starts with leadership and then you’ve got your coaching and then you’ve got your talent. It looks to be in disarray,” Sutton told Cyclingnews.
“If look at the board now you’ve lost the likes of Bob Howden and Brian Cookson. You’d think they’d now need to look to Brian and take some advice from him. These have been people from inside cycling for years and there’s no leadership there now. It’s disarray.”
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