Xavier Jana former runner who notably passed through the French Gameswas re-elected president of the National Cycling League (LNC). Indeed, this Friday took place the general assembly of the National Cycling League, and theThe 54-year-old Breton will begin a second term at the head of the body which manages French pro cycling. “The board of directors trusted me and renewed my position as president”explained the one who took over from Marc Madiot.
Video – The boss of the LNC answered questions from Cyclism'Actu
“Here we go again for 4 years…”
“Here we go again for 4 years, in fact the board of directors trusted me and renewed my position as president. There is work, we are making observations but now French professional cycling is also able to be a source of proposals, at its own level but also internationally. We must be able to develop them and have answers, we have already worked on a certain number of subjects during the last one. mandate and I hope that the period 2025-2028 will see the culmination of everything that has been put in place.”declared the president of the LNC.
“French cycling has a preponderant place on the international scene. It is a sixth of the race days, 17 or 18% of the first and second division teams, however, we also know that financial equity is becoming more and more more complicated for our teams The UCI ranking reflects this with our French teams who could lose their WorldTour license and we know that the maintenance of sponsorship contracts is linked, in particular for one of them, to remaining in the WorldTour. We know also that the situation of our tests is complicated with the political and economic situation” he explained.
“The economic system must be reviewed”
Asked about the globalization of cycling, Jan wishes to economically regulate the world of cycling: “We must see globalization on an economic level. Today, I think that the economic system must be reviewed. All the major sports which have been confronted with this problem of domination by only a few teams have lost attractiveness among fans, sponsors, investors… And this led them to reform, to regulate their sport to supervise their sport, in the form of budget cap, salary cap or other.
“We must not completely close the doors, there is globalization, it must be respected. However, this globalization must not be to the detriment of a profound transformation of cycling, of the movement of the center of gravity outside Europe in countries where there is no public, no practitioners We can worry that these countries will change their minds and what will be left. We must find the right path but today, it is urgent to act”he concluded.
