Monday 14 January 2013 17:41, UK
Olympic champion cyclist Nicole Cooke has retired from the sport but admits she is disappointed in sport's governing body.
Cooke laid into the UCI for not doing more to promote women's cycling. She said: "Whilst the UCI have been so engrossed trying to find receipts for the equipment they bought after Lance made donations to them, and suing Floyd Landis after he blew the whistle, and hold press conferences calling Landis a liar - whilst they have been busy with all these priorities, the women's road sport, that looked so promising in 2002 when I turned professional, has crumbled. "I hope I will look on in 10 years' time and see a vibrant and healthy women's road scene. The key to that will be that the female athletes are treated with respect."
