EF Pro Cycling and Cannondale pledge to increase diversity with university and college cycling programmes
New push to promote inclusion and access to the sport at historically Blackꦚ and Indigenous education establishments

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:EF Pro Cycling and the team's bike 🥀supplier, Cannondale – along with USA Cycling &ndashᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ; have pledged to increase diversity with the introduction of new cycling programmes at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) and Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCU).
The new initiative – with an initial commitment of three years – will commence in 202ღ1, and establish two new collegiate cycling programmes: one at an HBCU and one at a TCU, the team said.
"In year one, the team [EF] and Cannond🐎ale will support co-ed [men's and women's] cycling teams at these schools through equipment, fundi♏ng, and mentorship."
🐟The move was apparently inspired by the launch earlier this year of the US's first HBCU cycling team through the School of Business, Management and🥃 Technology at Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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"As the dialogue about racial equality came to a head in the US, we listened, we learned, and we looked for ways we could make a lasting impact and provide access to the sport of cycling to young Bl𓂃ack and Indigenous people," said Dennis Kim, Vice President of Marketing for Cannondale's parent company, Cycling Sp💎orts Group.
"It was important𒀰 to Cannondale and EF that this was a multi-year 💫commitment to work with these schools to help grow participation," he said.
"We believe that cycling is for everyone. Yet, in reality, not everyone feels welcome or has access 🎀today," said EF Pro Cycling President Mary Wittenberg.
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"We want to help increase diversity in our sport, starting wi♑th racial diversity in cycling in the USA. Success will require a comprehensive approach across the industry, so we turned to USA Cycling to talk about how we could best target our energies in concert with others looking to help, from grade school to masters-age athletes."
USA Cycling CEO Rob DeMartini added: "USA Cycling, as the governing body for our sport, believes we have a unique opportunity to grow participation in cycling. As part of our investment in rebuil💖ding collegiate cycling, we are thrilled to be starting this program with EF and Cannondale.
"Cycling has many of the challenges seen across our society today and we believe working directly with the HB✱CU and TCU communities we can begin to open doors with the help of partners in our industry," he said.
Potential supporters will soon be offered the opportunity to win two of EF Pro Cycling's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:specially painted Cannondale bikes used at this year's Giro d'Italia as part of the team's collaboration with skatewear brand Palace, which also resulted in clothing supplier Rapha designing some special limited-edition – and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:highly sought-after – EF Pro Cycling x Palace kit.
Further details are to follow, but the proceeds from the forthcom✃ing raffle of the bikes will go to the two new collegiate cycling teams, with the hope of increasing the number of programmes in the future.
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