“I wanted to make cycling more normal, and the biggest thing is that I’m not ok with the fact that little girls might not have the same opportunities as their brothers, just because they were born a girl… and that is what spurs me on”
In this episode we sit down with the amazing Louise Gibson, who - among many other accolades - was the face UCI’s #choosetochallenge Campaign, which coincided with International Women’s Day. If you have a quick look at Louise’s social media, it doesn’t take long to establish what she is about. For the past few years, Louise along with the amazing Internationelles have been actively flying the flag & standing up for Gender Equality is sport, and in particular in the pro-cycling ranks! Having completed the entire course of the Tour De France in 2019 with her Internationelles squad, and again covering the same distance virtually in 2020, Louise is making her voice heard, and people all over cycling are listening!
A few weeks ago, social media went into meltdown when Louise shared a pie-chart that showed the pay disparity between the Men’s and Women’s winners of the season opener Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - €16,000 for the men and €930. This set in motion a crowdfunding page that raised enough money to ensure the female winner of the following week’s Strade Bianci received the same prize money to the Men’s.
Its actions and stories like this that make this conversation with Louise not only an enjoyable one, but a significant one too.
So sit back, grab a brew & enjoy.
G!RO x
Louise Gibson:
https://www.instagram.com/loukew/
‘EQUALITY’ Short Film
UCI : #CHOOSETOCHALLENGE
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMJgl1poqR5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Internationelles:
https://www.internationelles.com/
https://twitter.com/InternationEll2
https://www.instagram.com/InternationElles/
Jordan Addison:
https://www.instagram.com/jordanaddison
https://twitter.com/jordanaddison
G!RO: