The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce the finalists for the third UCI Cycling for All & Sustainability Awards. These awards were launched in 2024 to recognise outstanding initiatives implemented by members of the cycling family (including professional riders, teams, National Federations, event organisers and UCI Bike Cities and Regions) that have positive social and environmental impact, promote active mobility and encourage everyday cycling.
The three finalists in each category (in alphabetical order) are the following:
UCI Cycling for All Award recognising a cycling initiative with significant social impact:
Copenhagen Sprint (Denmark): Try an adapted bike – an event next to the race route enabling people with impairments to try different kinds of adapted bikes
Fédération Française de Cyclisme: “Parc Mobi’Ludique” – a local facility supporting bicycle learning
UAE Team Emirates-XRG: UAE Team Emirates-XRG Academy, powered by ADNOC – a community programme to develop grassroots cycling.
UCI Climate Action Award recognising a cycling initiative with positive environmental impact:
Cycling 4 Climate: Climate Classic 2025 – a non-competitive cycling event in the Netherlands to raise climate awareness
Saalfelden Leogang (Austria): Focus Years – From Strategy to Action in Sustainable Tourism
WorldTour CPH P/S (Denmark): Copenhagen Sprint – a comprehensive and documented sustainability approach with clear impacts.
UCI Bike City Award recognising the most innovative project submitted by UCI Bike Cities and Regions:
Limburg-Valkenburg (Netherlands): Road Map - Kids Cycling – a step-by-step and fun introduction to competitive cycling
Noord-Brabant (Netherlands): Fietsmaatjes Brabant – enabling people who cannot cycle independently to ride with electrically assisted side-by-side tandem bikes
Province of Zeeland (Netherlands): Activating an entire region for the 2026 Rabobank UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hulst.
The UCI will announce the award winners during the official dinner organised as part of the 2026 UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum taking place on 10-11 May in Athens (Greece).
The winner of the UCI Rainbow Award, a special award selected by the jury out of all submissions, will also be announced during the ceremony.
The finalists were selected from all entries by a panel of seven renowned experts representing, among others, active mobility, sustainability, academia, the media and professional cycling:
Tony Mitchell – President of the UCI Cycling for All & Sustainable Cycling Commission and UCI Management Committee member
Laurianne Krid – CEO of the European Cyclists' Federation
Carly Gilbert-Patrick – Secretary General of the SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport
Peter Sagan – World-renowned professional cyclist and cycling advocate
Mike Laflin – CEO and founder of Global Sustainable Sport
Patrick Rérat – Professor and Co-director of the University Observatory for Cycling and Active Mobilities (OUVEMA) at the University of Lausanne
Amina Lanaya – UCI Director General.
President of the Jury Tony Mitchell said: “With every edition of the UCI Cycling for All and Sustainability Awards, the bar keeps rising. This year, the quality, creativity and tangible impact of the projects submitted by cycling organisations from around the globe made the jury’s work exceptionally difficult. It is inspiring to see how committed our candidates are to advancing cycling for all and driving meaningful sustainability action. Choosing from all these entries was a true challenge, and we look forward to celebrating their achievements at the UCI Mobility and Bike City Forum in Athens in May.”