Cherie Pridham, a pioneer to guide Chris Froome

What is the difference between the ability of a man and a woman to lead a top-class cycling team?

Obviously none.

But like so many aspects of men's sport, sports management for World Tour teams was until now a men's private preserve.

In the 19 teams in the world's top division there are approximately

- between six and eight per team.

All, until now, were men, the vast majority former cyclists who after their retirement have found a new way to continue living the sport they are passionate about.

Gender uniformity will finally be broken in 2021. For the first time, a woman will assume the sports leadership of one of the best teams in the world.

The condition of pioneer corresponds to the British Cherie Pridham, who will guide the

, which from January will be Chris Froome's new team and which has other riders of the stature of Dan Martin, Michael on the payroll Woods, André Greipel and Daryl Impey.

Pridham's merits to join the team of sports directors of a team like Israel are indisputable.

In 2011, after a

, he took over the leadership of Raleigh, a semi-professional British team.

Years later, she became the owner of the squad, work to which she has dedicated herself until she made the leap.

, world and European champions in track cycling and currently Movistar riders passed through his hands, as did sprinter Enrique Sanz (Kern Pharma).

In total, nine years doing cycling in the third category, the work that he will now do in the elite.

"I have worked with male cyclists all my life, in that sense there is no difference with my colleagues. I will

and the same successes as them. My role is to lead the team, not be a woman who leads the team," she explains her, stressing the obvious because sometimes it is still necessary to do so.

"I know that I can serve as an inspiration for other women to try to follow the same path and that

" adds Pridham, in words released by the Israeli team itself.

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