Matt Cannon Women’s cycling team LA Sweat will not participate in the new National Cycling League (NCL) series , Bicycling has learned.
Team owner and director Kelli Sam cites concerns about what she says is a lack of transparency and information forthcoming from race organizers, despite repeated outreach attempts and unanswered emails.
According to Sam, race organizers have yet to provide essential logistical information, such as course routes and race structure. The first race of the series is less than two months away, beginning in Miami Beach on April 8. Video player poster image A lack of transparency from the NCL
Matt Cannon “We do not feel the NCL has provided clear and transparent communication on their organization, rules, board of directors, and race directors,” Sam said in a statement released to Bicycling . “This decision comes after multiple attempts to contact the organization for information with no answers. Based on this [lack of transparency] and past experiences we do not feel it is necessary to put our team and riders in a potentially compromising position.”
Sam added that the NCL has used LA Sweat’s likeness on the league website without the team’s permission.
“The US National Calendar is full of amazing events and a federation-run series that [LA Sweat] will continue to participate in as we have for the past nine seasons,” Sam said. Other teams have opted out, too
LA Sweat is not the first well-known US-based cycling team to publicly release a statement about not racing in the NCL. A […]
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