Christa Skeldes job title was ‘executive director’, but she acknowledges that it was more of name than of benefit.
“I had no freedom. I did not even have a credit card. So you could say the ceo of what?. All the decisions were taken over his head at me,” she says.
To the Field.dk tells she is now on his short period as director of Bjarne Riis’ cykelprojekt, Virtu Cycling,
In February 2017 was Christa Skelde in the first place employed as mentalcoach for both men and kvindeholdene Team VéloCONCEPT Women and Team VéloCONCEPT, and then she in april was the executive director of both.
‘We wanted to find a person who can fulfil the position as an active executive director. We have been given the opportunity to associate Christa Skelde, and in her we believe we have found the right person with a mix of unique experience and the right human qualities will be able to ensure the development of a good and rewarding business for both riders, employees, suppliers, sponsors and the associated network,’ it said at that time about the hiring of Christa Skelde, who previously has been responsible for the daily operation of the cykelholdene Gold & Marstrand and CULT Energy Pro Cycling.
Even said Christa Skelde in connection with his employment in the direktørjobbet: “For me, communication is one of the key words to create a good performance culture among all employees, and kerneværdien for me is well-being.”
And it is especially here the reason, that she is already in October 2017 again left Bjarne Riis’ cykelprojekt, must be found.
To the Field.dk tells her how she could not vouch for the ethos of the company, and she could not vouch for the way the employees were treated. For example, there were many people who in the period were fired.
And today, the 44-year-old Christa Skelde tells also about a insularity leadership style from Bjarne Riis, who himself was inside of the economy and employment. She refers to its own role as a ‘statist’ than as a director.
Bjarne Riis, who has always been the figurehead on the cykelprojektet compared to the other group of owners, Lars Seier and Jan Bech Andersen, has not the desire of the reply to the criticism of the Field.dk. Lars Seier says, however, that ‘the players on the small team that we had in Virtu never even tried to be on the top shelf – and, therefore, do not fully understand how things are done there’. B. T. have tried in vain to get a comment from Bjarne Riis.
today is Christa Skelde, among other councillor in the Municipality of Horsens to the Left, where she was elected in 2017.
her husband, Michael Skelde, was for a time employed as a sports director with Bjarne Riis’ cycling team, but he stopped abruptly in the summer of 2018, with an explanation that ‘we look differently at a number of areas’. Today, he is the sports director at Riwal-CeramicSpeed Cycling Team.
