Marlon Moncrieffe raises the question about diversity in cycling | Cycling Show | Eurosport

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Marlon Moncrieffe of Brighton University is on a mission to raise the profile of Black cyclists, past and present, in order to help the sport become the best version of itself. Through his work, Moncrieffe has highlighted the unsung achievements of Black champions, with the hope of helping cyclists from historically white countries break through to the highest level of the sport.
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1 апр 2022

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Комментарии : 45

@GSP199 2 года назад

A question that has kept me up many a'night.

@paulapana6241 Год назад

I've always had this question because never have I saw a black cyclist competing in international tournaments, say Tour de France.

@CFCMAMO1 Год назад

Yeah i dont think it's a race issue but more class. As mentioned by other commentators, cycling is quite an expensive sport. I'm a Somali diaspora (born in NZ and raised in Australia) and you'll never find a Somali kid cycling or want to get into pro cycling. Partly because its too expensive but most somalis are into other sports. Most refugee families are focused on education to get out the poverty. Cycling is the last thing on their mind. It's a bit disingenuous of this guy to say thats its a racist sport when its traditionally a European sport and most migrant families dont view cycling as a sport and have different priorities.

@user-lj9tk7ji1c

Man I remember when I was so into the sport here in Boston MA. I had all the race videos on DVD. As a Black fan I was the only one in my group. I even worked part time in a bike shop. Greg LeMond was my hero. I never race but went on organized rides the shop put on the weekends. I was lucky I was around really good people and as we got older some are still friends but don't ride much. Lance Armstrong nearly killed the sport here in the U.S. I really miss those days. For me watching Greg LeMond win the tour after being shot in a hunting accident was amazing here with my group of friends.

@aj010139 2 года назад

Biniam going to change the face of cycling. At 22 years old he's part of the new exciting crop of talent along side Remco and Pidcock. Watch this space.

@JimmyTheCyclist 2 года назад

Cycling is no more racist than society as a whole. It’s a European centric sport at the very top level (with some exceptions), what is the majority ethnicity of Europe? White… cycling does have a higher barrier to entry than say football. A football is £5, there are clubs everywhere at junior level (father of 2 sons who play football I know this), compare that to cycling, less clubs, road bikes are several hundred £ as a minimum, plus your kit. You are attracting a minority from a minority, of course a tiny number will then reach the top. Expansion of middle classes in Africa, through stable democratic government and capitalism, will increase participation across the African continent and therefore more top level success in long term.

@LovePeaceDMV

Ask Cory and Justin Williams.... If you read the comments on some of their RU-vid and IG post you'll have your answer.....

@thomasyzere519 2 года назад

His comment about a white being crowned in Rwanda makes his argument down the drain, who ever wins the race gets crowned that is why they are coming to race in our continent

@paulfranklin8636 2 года назад

Fianlly at the very end he seems to be getting a clue - "it can be done if someone wants to invest in it".....errm...hate to tell you but the people with that sort of money tend not to make investments that have a very slime chance of giving a return....for decades UK representation in pro-cycling was negligible....sure we had the odd rider...Tommy Simpson and a few others....but it wasn't until the track cyclists started winning Olympic medals that road cycling took of even then it took until 2012 (just the 109yrs after it started) & Wiggins win for a Brit to take the TdF....and of course since then we've had Froome & G....if African towns, cities & sporting bodies want to invest in Velodromes etc...then no doubt we'll see more riders coming through...it happens in other sports...Maybe the UCI could help with some grass roots support but the nations themselves have to take action and not expect others to do it for them

@sohoyankee66 Год назад

If you want to race that Tour de France you have to qualify. Don’t expect anyone to lower their standards for you. I don’t care what color you are.

@MrBootgrab 2 года назад

Sports being divided by race is just unfathomable.

@papillon5839 2 года назад

Sport is about athletes and talent, not about how you look like. In every sport there are athletes from many countries, that's the only "diversity" that matters. Take your "racism" BS to Mars or from wherever you're from and come back when you are able to see and treat other people like

@KoMarekt 2 года назад

Maybe they’re not good enough. There is no reason why Pog isn’t black. Road to the top is just hard for everyone.

@bugiarman8324 2 года назад

I’m 1000% agree

@JJ-ru5xr 2 года назад

And the whole motorsport Scene?!

@moss446 Год назад

There is no black riders in tour de France

@charlesscottkelly 2 года назад

Eurosport doing a BBC.

@gamerN77 2 года назад

This research is an important contribution to our sport and the pros just as us fans should engage more to counter discriminatory practices and structures ingrained in the history of our sport.

@paulfranklin8636 2 года назад

OK - Man says at