British Cycling: Brian Facer leaves as chief executive after recent controversies

Brian Facer joined British Cycling from Premiership rugby national nine London Irish, wherever helium was besides main executive

British Cycling says main enforcement serviceman Brian Facer is "stepping down" from the relation by communal agreement.

In September, it besides apologised for recommending radical should not usage their bikes during the Queen's funeral.

Facer began the relation successful January 2021 aft leaving London Irish rugby club.

While his tenure saw Great Britain apical the cycling medals array astatine the delayed Tokyo Olympics past year, Facer leaves aft a turbulent twelvemonth for the governing assemblage disconnected the track.

In March this year, transgender cyclist Emily Bridges was stopped from competing successful her archetypal elite women's contention by cycling's satellite governing body, the UCI.

It led to British Cycling suspending its erstwhile regulations, which required riders to person had testosterone levels beneath 5 nanomoles per litre for a 12-month play anterior to competition, and launching a afloat review.

In September, British Cycling acknowledged it had "got it wrong" aft issuing the guidance for radical not to thrust during the Queen's funeral.

A fewer weeks later, it was heavily criticised and accused of getting progressive successful "greenwashing" aft announcing an eight-year sponsorship woody with Shell.

British Cycling said it had already started the hunt for Facer's successor, with cycling transportation manager Danielle Every appointed arsenic the acting CEO.

"We stay afloat committed to the transportation of our 'Lead our sport, animate our communities' strategy, arsenic we proceed our enactment to enactment and turn our athletics and wider activities, and supply our Great Britain Cycling Team riders with the champion imaginable level for success," said British Cycling seat Frank Slevin.

"Our caller CEO volition articulation the organisation astatine an breathtaking clip arsenic we physique towards adjacent year's inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships successful Scotland, and the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games successful 2024."

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