The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce that Peruvian Gracia Sotomayor (artistic cycling) and Austrian Patrick Schnetzer (cycle-ball) have been elected to represent indoor cycling on the UCI Athletes' Commission.
As Gracia Sotomayor was the only female candidate to submit her candidacy before the candidacy submission deadline, her appointment for the next term of the UCI Athletes' Commission had already been confirmed by the UCI on 31 October.
For cycle-ball, Patrick Schnetzer was elected in a vote organised during the 2025 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships taking place in Göppingen, Germany, from 7 November to 9 November. He was standing against Yannick Fröhlich (SUI) in the election.
Patrick Schnetzer received 55,95 % of the votes cast for cycle-ball. The participation rate was 52,17 %.
Key figures from the election
Patrick Schnetzer (AUT): 47 votes (55,95 %)
Yannick Fröhlich (SUI): 36 votes (42,85 %)
Abstentions: 1
Invalid ballots: 0
Number of votes cast: 84
Number of eligible voters: 161
Voter turnout: 52,17 %.
This election was the last one held this year; the new composition of the UCI Athletes’ Commission (with the exception of the President) is therefore now known. This election took place as part of the renewal of the UCI Athletes’ Commission for the 2025–2029 term. Its new members were elected by their peers during the 2025 UCI World Championships across the various cycling disciplines.
The renewal process for the UCI Athletes' Commission will be completed with the election of its President, which will take place on 12 November 2025 in Aigle, Switzerland.
List of members of the 2025-2029 UCI Athletes’ Commission
Cyclo-cross: Eva Lechner (ITA) and Felipe Orts (ESP)
BMX Racing: Laura Smulders (NED) and Sylvain André (FRA)
Para cycling: Suzanna Tangen (NOR) and Tristan Bangma (NED)
Mountain bike: Anne Terpstra (NED) and Christopher Blevins (USA) for cross-country; Valentina Höll (AUT) and Andreas Kolb (AUT) for downhill
Road: Juliette Labous (FRA) and Toms Skujiņš (LAT)
Track: Ally Wollaston (NZL) and Elia Viviani (ITA)
BMX Freestyle: Cory Coffey (USA) and Daniel Dhers (VEN)
Trials: Maïlys Jouy (FRA) and Jonas Friedrich (GER)
Indoor cycling: Gracia Sotomayor (PER) and Patrick Schnetzer (AUT).
The members of the UCI Athletes' Commission are elected for a four-year term. The term of members elected before the 2025 UCI Congress in Kigali (Rwanda) began on 25 September 2025, the date on which the Congress took place. All terms will end at the 2029 UCI Congress in Copenhagen (Denmark).
Since 2017, the commission has been composed of 20 members, with each discipline or speciality – cyclo-cross, para cycling, BMX Racing, mountain bike cross-country, mountain bike downhill, trials, BMX Freestyle Park, road, track and indoor cycling – represented by two riders, one male and one female.
The President of the UCI Athletes' Commission is elected by the members of the Commission and sits for a four-year term on the UCI Management Committee, the Federation's executive body, which operates under the authority of the Congress.
The commission has an advisory role, which enables it to submit proposals to the UCI Management Committee. Its main areas of activity are the improvement of conditions for the practice of high-level sport, athlete protection in all its forms, the promotion of ethics and sportsmanship, the establishment of a direct link with the Federation's decision-making bodies, the provision of information for athletes about significant regulatory changes and guidance for athletes after their retirement from sport.