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TCA survey: riders still ask for safety and health basics
The Cyclists' Alliance (TCA) released its 2026 rider survey, which highlighted race safety, clear development pathways and additional health screenings as ongoing concerns. Riders have raised these same issues for a few seasons already. Over the same period, women's cycling has grown fast, with record numbers for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
Women's cycling has had a rapid rise over six years, with growing fan attention and record numbers for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The survey's concerns are not new: race safety, development pathways and health screenings have been on riders' lists for a few seasons. TCA President Grace Brown frames a sustainable career in the same terms: «Women's cycling needs to offer riders a career they can sustain. That means knowing which costs their team will cover, being able to get medical care and feeling safe to raise a concern.» TCA legal and ethics officer Judith van Maanen points the same way: «A contract is about more than salary.» The survey also covers salaries and team support, and TCA describes itself as the only independent union for the women's peloton.
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