Cyclo-cross is applying to integrate the 2030 Winter Olympics program. David Lappartient, president of the UCI and the CNOSF, personally pleads for the discipline to be among the elected representatives. The president of the French Cycling Federation, Michel Callot, believes that " you have to give it a little time ". Indeed, an " amendment of the Olympic Charter is necessary since it is necessary to remove the terminology which says that there must be a direct relationship with ice and snow “, he explains to Francs Jeux.
While waiting for the IOC to take up the issue, the FFC president has another role to play. You have to that we be careful to ensure that activism with the OCOG is sufficient so that he can include cyclo-cross, if the IOC makes it possible, in the demonstration disciplines that he chooses. "And the federation will have to roll up its sleeves from June, once David Lappartient has left the management of the CNOSF." It's our job as a federation, lobbying will have to continueWe will see what governance will be put in place and how we can establish our relationship with the governance of the future CNO. There are people at the gate, many of my colleagues would like to see disciplines added. "In particular the French Ski Federation, which defends telemark, speed skiing and freeride.
