Mouvement pour un Cyclisme Crédible or Movement For Credible Cycling (MPCC) is a union created on July 24, 2007 by seven sponsored teams of professional road cyclists :
AG2R Prévoyance,
Agritubel
Agritubel Pro Cycling Team () was a French professional road race cycling team. The team's title sponsorAgritubel is a manufacturer and supplier of tubular metal products for cattle, livestock and farming.
Agritubel mostly competed for wins at t ...
,
Bouygues Télécom
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,
Cofidis
Cofidis is a French company, now majority owned by Crédit Mutuel, based in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
Founded in 1982 by 3 Suisses International in cooperation with Cetelem, Cofidis specialized in the consumer credit business of the 3 Suisses Group. I ...
,
Crédit Agricole,
Française des Jeux and
Gerolsteiner
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. The MPCC was created to defend the idea of a clean cycling, in particular according to the strict code of ethics established by
UCI. The president of the organisation is former cyclist and team manager
Roger Legeay
Roger Legeay (born 8 August 1949, Beaufay) is a French former professional racing cyclist and cycling team manager.
Biography
Legeay was the manager of the Peugeot cycling team in its final year of existence in 1986. In 1987, he created the Vé ...
who himself tested positive for amphetamines during his career.
March 2015 - withdraws from MPCC
[Lampre-Merida withdraws from MPCC]
By Spencer Powlison. Velo News. Published Mar. 9, 2015.
July 2015 - withdraws from MPCC
Sept 2015 - excluded from the MPCC
Feb 2016 - and withdraws from MPCC,
As of December 2021, the members were:
* 10 (of 19) WorldTeams: , , , , , , , , ,
* 16 ProTeams: , , , , , ,, , , , , , , , ,
* 18 Continental Teams
* 7 Women's Teams
* 7 race organisers
* 10 federations:
UEC,
NCF,
FFC,
Swiss Cycling,
CI,
KBWB/RLVB,
F.R.M.C,
ICF
* 8 sponsors
*Approx 300 individual riders (since May 2018)
References
External links
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Cycle racing organizations
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Cycling organizations in France
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