The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce that Ally Wollaston (NZL) and Elia Viviani (ITA) will represent track athletes on the UCI Athletes' Commission.
As Ally Wollaston 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 15 October.
Elia Viviani was elected in a vote organised during the 2025 Tissot UCI Track World Championships taking place in Santiago, Chile from 22 to 26 October. He was standing against Harrie Lavreysen (NED) and Clever José Martínez Moros (VEN) in the election.
Elia Viviani received 38.2% of the votes cast for the men’s track cycling. The participation rate was 89.16%.
This election is part of the renewal of the UCI Athletes' Commission for the 2025-2029 period. Its new members are elected by their peers at the 2025 UCI World Championships in the various cycling disciplines.
The members of the UCI Athletes' Commission are elected for a four-year term. For those already elected, this term began at the 2025 UCI Congress in Kigali (Rwanda) on 25 September. For members elected after UCI Congress, their term begins on the date of their election. The term 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.
Key figures from the election:
Elia Viviani (ITA): 113 votes (38.2%)
Harrie Lavreysen (NED): 103 votes (34.8%)
Clever José Martínez Moros (VEN): 80 votes (27%)
Invalid ballots: 0
Number of votes cast: 296
Number of eligible voters: 332
Voter turnout: 89.16%
The schedule for the upcoming elections of members of the UCI Athletes' Commission is as follows:
Trials and BMX Freestyle Park: Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), 4-8 November 2025
Indoor cycling: Göppingen (Germany), 7-9 November 2025.
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.