Explainer: ASO wins again in latest reform agreement
The ASO comes out on top in latest reform agreement
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UCI
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the international governing body for the sport of cycling, based in Switzerland. It oversees world championships for road, mountain bike, track, and cyclocross disciplines, sanctions all major international competitions, and tabulates points rankings for the disciplines throughout the season, among other responsibilities.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the international governing body for the sport of cycling, based in Switzerland. It oversees world championships for road, mountain bike, track, and cyclocross disciplines, sanctions all major international competitions, and tabulates points rankings for the disciplines throughout the season, among other responsibilities.
Civil war averted: UCI, ASO reach agreement over WorldTour reforms
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ASO and UCI come to terms, averting 2017 crisis
A wide-ranging agreement will keep the Tour de France and other top races on the WorldTour for 2017
Explosive claims that UCI official alerted others to police operations against hidden motors
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Disc brake trial stalls under continued rider objections
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Commentary: Bahrain prince’s torture allegations too big for cycling to ignore
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Sergio Henao Returns to Racing
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Hidden motors: Seven things to know about the UCI’s battle against technological fraud
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The UCI Unveils Motor Detection Device
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UCI: Thermal cameras unreliable to catch motor cheats
The UCI contends that thermal cameras are not the most effective way to catch motor cheaters, despite recent news expose.
Former pro Bobbie Traksel gaining traction in UCI Athletes’ Commission
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Opinion: How the UCI and manufacturers collectively bungled the disc brake trial
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Motorized cheating report raises more questions
Amid controversy over reported cheating at Strade Bianche, UCI insists current motor tests are the best option to check bikes at races.
Commentary: Disc brakes and cycling’s leadership vacuum
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Roubaix injury prompts UCI to halt disc brake trial
The UCI announces it will halt its trial of discs in the pro road peloton after a highly publicized Paris-Roubaix injury.
UCI suspends usage of disc brakes after Ventoso’s Roubaix injury
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Divergent design — the UCI’s bike rules are less relevant than ever
For the first time, what pro racers ride and what everyone else buys are not the same.
Is the Amgen Tour of California caught in a battle between the UCI, ASO, and China’s richest man?
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Four more years: Cookson seeks re-election
Brian Cookson will run for another four-year term as president of the UCI.
Report: China’s richest man interested in buying ASO
Wang Jianlin, whose Dalian Wanda Group purchased the Ironman brand last year, might also be interested in ASO — and the Tour.
Facing team suspension over doping cases, Katusha quits MPCC
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MPCC loses another member in Orica – GreenEdge
The loss of Orica – GreenEdge leaves eight WorldTour teams as members of the group, which has stricter anti-doping rules than the UCI.
French cycling league demands lifetime ban for motorized cheating
The French National Cycling League demands that the UCI increase its punishment for motorized cheating in a letter to Brian Cookson.
WILCOCKSON: WHY ASO HAS AGAIN DISSED THE UCI
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The Secret Pro: Mechanical doping, sketchy finishes, and Katusha dodges another bullet
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Ella Picks: controversy over sexist race poster, women’s team to tackle the Tour de France and more
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UCI Searches 90 Bikes in France
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ASO: Establish motor checks before UCI negotiations
The Tour director Christian Prudhomme wants motorized cheating sorted out before the ASO talks with the UCI about rejoining WorldTour.
Katusha Avoid Doping Suspension
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UCI Considers Searching All Bikes for Motors
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UCI considers testing all bikes for hidden motors
Brian Cookson vows to take all measures necessary to catch cheating, and that may mean expanded checks for hidden motors.
Katusha avoids suspension, Paolini’s case deemed recreational
The UCI says Luca Paolini was taking cocaine last year for recreational use, not to gain a competitive advantage.
WILCOCKSON: How ASO revived the “Dead” UCI ProTour
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Cancellara shrugs off motor talk
Cancellara, the subject of a 2010 video about hidden motors, gives his take on the technological fraud discovered at the ’cross worlds.
Explainer: How the UCI will prosecute technological fraud
Motorized bikes are not a direct equivalent of physiological doping, so how will the UCI deal with cheaters?
Wilcockon: Doping/Teams Fueled ASO-UCI War
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Cookson: ‘We don’t want a war with ASO’
UCI president Brian Cookson is frustrated but optimistic about his organization's ongoing tiff with Tour de France organizer ASO.
Commentary: ASO, UCI, and getting onstage with Beyoncé
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Van der Poel, Cant score solo World Cup wins in France
With just two weeks until Worlds, Mathieu van der Poel and Sanne Cant dominated Sunday's sixth World Cup cyclocross round in France.
WILCOCKSON: HOW THE ASO-UCI BATTLES ALMOST DIDN’T HAPPEN
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Women’s WorldTour team invites announced
UCI announces automatic invites for 2016 Women's WorldTour, with Wiggle and Rabo-Liv topping the rankings.
Ella Picks: gender equality in professional cycling, new national champs crowned, Australian summer of racing is heating up, new UCI teams and more
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WILCOCKSON-ASO-UCI DISPUTE: How the ProTour was created
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WILCOCKSON: Origins of the ASO-UCI clashes
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UCI announces new World Ranking system for 2016
Cycling's governing body unveils a rolling ranking system that will take into account results from across the cycling calendar
Women’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race race secures 1.2 UCI status, bolsters Australia’s summer of racing
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Velon underlines backing for AIGCP, UCI in WorldTour reform, while hints of frustration amongst riders emerge
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CPA urges UCI to find common ground with ASO
The CPA riders union is taking the middle ground in the spat between cycling's governing body and the sport's biggest race organizer.
Vaughters: Tour owner ASO ‘is the big playground bully’
The Tour de France is a formidable weapon in ASO's power struggle with the UCI and its WorldTeams, says Cannondale boss Jonathan Vaughters.
UCI says it ‘remains committed to WorldTour reforms’ despite ASO’s rejection
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The ASO – UCI war: Why, how, and what it means
With the ASO snubbing the WorldTour, questions are swirling, and we've got all the answers about how it affects races, teams, and riders.
Giro d’Italia sides with UCI in ASO fight
The UCI seems to have an ally in RCS Sport, the other main race promoter in the realm of pro cycling, as it faces challenge from ASO.
ASO to remove Tour, other races from WorldTour in 2017
In a rejection of proposed reforms, ASO will pull all of its races — including the Tour de France — from the WorldTour starting in 2017.
Ella Picks: winter riding tips; Baseball legend to support junior cyclists; transgender athlete barred from men’s race; and more
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Q&A with UCI technical manager Mark Barfield: weight limit, disc brakes, motors in bikes & more
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UCI ready to change the 6.8 kg weight limit?
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UCI’s technical manager downplays risk of disc brakes
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UCI’s Cookson puzzled by ASO’s stance
UCI president says WorldTour reforms are evolution, not revolution, that he doesn't understand why ASO is being belligerent.
WorldTour reform: Much ado about nothing
The years-long reform process ground to an unceremonious halt Tuesday as a compromise put the sport right back where it started.
Ochowicz on UCI reform: ‘Still a work in progress’
BMC Racing's general manager says changes to the UCI's racing and team structure are far from final, but progress was made this week.
UCI’s ball-breaking saddle rules updated
UCI changes tech rules to allow riders to tilt their saddles, much to the relief of time trialists throughout the peloton.
UCI says agreement has been reached on WorldTour reform
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UCI teams, races reach agreement on WorldTour calendar
It appears the current WorldTour calendar will remain intact, with options for second-tier races to join the top level moving forward.
Ella Picks: cycling on the rise among UAE women; UCI changes stance of saddle tilt; race news from track cycling world cup and cyclocross; and more
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Stakeholders to square off for more reform negotiations
Pro cycling's governing body, race organizers, and teams will try to find common ground on proposed reforms at a meeting in Barcelona
WILCOCKSON: SIMPLIFY THE UCI WORLD TOUR
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UCI: Disc brakes okay, but still only a trial
The UCI will allow Continental, Pro Continental, and women's teams to ride disc brake road bikes as a trial program in 2016.
Ella Picks: Ferrand-Prevot breaks her leg; 36-year-old makes comeback ahead of Rio, Ale-Cipollini rider tests positive for EPO and more
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UCI announces 18 WorldTour teams, says four Pro Continental squads still awaiting approval
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Disc brakes to be allowed in WorldTour races from January, can be used in amateur ranks in 2017
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Kamaev steps down from UCI Anti-Doping Commission after Russian athletics scandal
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Ella Picks: how do we get more women on (mountain) bikes; Afghan women’s cycling team up for humanitarian award; new women’s WorldTour team and more
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Race organisers reject UCI reforms and call for a decrease in team race squad sizes
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Journalist who exposed Russian doping scandal calls for UCI anti-doping commission clean-up
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Organizers oppose UCI’s reforms, vote for fewer racers
The International Association of Cycling Race Organizers officially votes to oppose UCI reforms and reduce the number of riders in races.
Cookson: Zero-tolerance is impossible
UCI president Brian Cookson says pro cycling can't run without dopers. But there are steps that can be made to clean up the sport.
Grand tours going beyond Europe — UCI says it’s possible
The UCI is willing to be flexible with grand tours to accommodate the potential opportunities to host stages in far-flung locations.
Astana’s licencing scrutiny ends as UCI names teams approved in first wave of WorldTour and Pro Continental licences
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Astana granted WorldTour license for 2016
The UCI announces the first 11 teams that will race at the WorldTour level in 2016, which includes the embattled Astana squad.
Ella Picks: Women’s cycling content we loved this week
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