David Lappartient

Multiple sources tell Velo they expect the 51-year-old Frenchman to seek re-election for a third four-year term as president of cycling's governing body.

Lappartient's IOC candidacy is one of the biggest backroom power plays in cycling history. What will it mean for cycling in the Olympics and beyond? We dive in.

Tour de Hoody: Big money is pouring into cycling, but is anyone asking if it's good for the sport and cycling's fans?

Despite mounting geopolitical and logistical challenges, the UCI said Friday that Africa's first-ever road worlds in Rwanda go ahead.

What is 'One Cycling', and could it reshape professional cycling? We dive into the proposed overhaul to racing's economic model, its key backers, and whether it could become a reality by 2026.

UCI president David Lappartient claims sport may be safer without radios, or by restricting their use.

‘We flew to the moon 50 years ago and ‘lose’ an athlete in a cycling race in civilized Switzerland.'

Jeremy Whittle writes: 'Forget the 'thoughts and prayers' and the black armbands. Enough is enough. Now is the moment for urgent and tangible change.'

UCI responds to GPS questions and promises more action on rider safety after worlds tragedy: 'There is still much to be done.'

'It's a disgrace': Spain's Juan Ayuso criticizes absence of race radio that he suggests might have contributed to the tragedy that rocked the UCI road cycling worlds.

'He’s a consummate politician': Lappartient's fast track from town hall towards world sport's top job in less than a decade is astonishing.

UCI boss Lappartient is among 7 candidates who will compete in a March election to become the new IOC president.

UCI president David Lappartient accuses Richard Plugge of spreading 'fake news' in social media spat over tests to reduce in-race radios.

Key riders from world of cyclocross give their thoughts after UCI President Lappartient threatens a world championship ban.

The UCI is planning to restructure the racing calendar in 2026, and no idea is off the table – including moving Roubaix and Flanders.

David Lappartient frustrated by World Cup absences, but big names disagree.

Here's everything you need to know about the sprawling and ambitious UCI World Cycling Championships in Glasgow on August 3-13.

Lappartient says UCI ‘has a duty to guarantee, above all, equal opportunities for all competitors in cycling competitions.’ The new rules come into effect July 17, 2023.

Stakeholders straddle line between enhancing safety and protecting the essence of bike racing: 'We will not eliminate the final descents. That's not racing.'

David Lappartient says UCI hoping to add mountain bike short track, mixed relay team time trial and BMX flatland as Olympic sports.

David Lappartient says that there needs to be a 'balance' between how points are allocated in races.

Freedom of the press called into question after UCI president described journalist as an ‘Australian sipping beer [who] can continue to write bad things about the UCI.'

Relegation is 'not nice' but 'it is sport' says David Lappartient.

A lot of new races have been added to the women's calendar in recent seasons. Is it now time to go back to the drawing board to make it more streamlined?

Exclusive interview with the UCI president on all matters doping and the fight for clean cycling.

UCI in discussion with teams over measures to level the financial playing field: ‘There has to be a balanced battlefield.’

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl boss pushes back on notion of moving such races as Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix to the fall.

According to the UCI president, Paris-Roubaix owner ASO is also open to the idea of moving the cobbled classic out of its long-standing spot in April.

Do no positive tests mean no credibility? Exclusive interview with the UCI president on what it means if the ITA isn’t catching WorldTour cheats.

Who is Igor Makarov, and how deep does his influence in cycling go? 

Russian rider calls for calm and stresses that the Russian people should not be seen as targets of hate.

The UCI president has signed on for an eight-year term.

There has never been a U23 women's race at the world road championships, while men have had one since 1996.

Renewed skepticism of a 'peloton at two speeds' prompts UCI's No. 2 to suggest increased intelligence and police cooperation to unmask cheaters.

David Lappartient was re-elected to a four-year term as UCI president during the UCI Congress while junior and U23 riders endured endless crashes.

The world championships provide the dramatic backdrop to release decisions often made behind closed doors months before.

The Frenchman's re-election is now a formality.

Here's the news making headlines for Wednesday, July 7.

A wider reach on the ban on glucocorticoids will begin in 2022.

Despite some short-term hiccups, UCI president hopeful 2021 racing season will not require major rescheduling.

When politics, business and sport collide: the strange story of international cycling's dance with one of the world's most notorious dictators.

American-based team petitioned UCI and RCS Sport to declare a race winner following the upcoming rest day.

David Lappartient may have ill-advisedly shifted rider frustrations away from the CPA and towards the UCI.

UCI president backs rider's union from efforts to change voting bylaws within the group.

Footage emerges of sport director removing mystery item from rider's pocket before being stretchered from ravine.

While no candidate host cities have yet been announced, the question of Nice, France as a potential venue was asked of the UCI president.

UCI President David Lappartient says a professional women's stage race is in the works for 2022, and the organizer is Tour de France owner ASO.

CPA president urges newly-developing coalition to work as part of long-running riders' group.

A revised cyclocross World Cup calendar now starts in November, and gone are events in Waterloo, Wisconsin, Dublin, Ireland, and Antwerp, Belgium.

The UCI has finalized its decision to transfer anti-doping activities from the CADF to the ITA in 2021.

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The UCI has released dates for U-23 and junior events, as well as lower-tier races on the pro calendar.

Officials insist discussions had already been ongoing behind the scenes, for weeks, about how to reorganize the women's calendar.

Governing body introduces series of economic measures to confront the sporting and financial consequences of the coronavirus crisis.

AIGCP outlines in a letter several requests to the UCI, including the ability for struggling teams to adjust rider contracts.

Lappartient speaks out to reassure that UCI is working to piece together the season as quickly as possible.

The WorldTour teams consortium had previously presented a challenge to the European Commission, alleging that the UCI was trying to torpedo a parallel race series.

The French sport minister said Paris-Nice will be allowed to be held, ending worries for now that the coronavirus could derail the 'Race to the Sun'

RCS Sport sent a message Monday morning assuring teams that Strade Bianche and other Italian races will be held.

The UCI will shake up elite track cycling with new reforms for 2021. The World Cup is seeing a makeover along with introduction of a new TV-friendly series backed by Eurosport.

UCI president Lappartient says the cycling governing body is doing what it can as coronavirus threatens more WorldTour races.

The move will align cycling with a growing international anti-doping community, but some wonder if it could backfire.

Gravel riders and race promoters are wary, if somewhat curious, of UCI boss David Lappartient's comments that the governing body may hold a gravel world championships.

UCI president David Lappartient says controversial Dane Bjarne Riis has the right to come back to pro cycling with Team NTT.

Behind-the-scenes movement could set stage for conflict between governing bodies and grassroots organizers

13 disciplines and over 2,500 riders to come together in UCI's new Cycling World Championships, set to debut in 2023.

Officials are worried that cycling would abandon its most effective anti-doping tool if the UCI joins a new agency linked to the IOC.

Group representing most of the top teams comes out swinging with a strong rebuke of what it says is the cycling governing body's lack of transparency, conflict of interest

It's been a decade since the WorldTour started — what's changed? Not a lot, at least at first glance

Organizers, teams say they are ‘starving’ under proposed 2020 changes to calendar

Velon, owner of the Hammer Series, has filed an anti-competition complaint against the UCI, alleging that the governing body was refusing to register the Hammer Series events for 2020.

Cycling's governing body is moving for changes in elite road racing, and highlights results from a recent survey to back its vision

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UCI boss also discusses increased possibilities for women's cycling, supports calls for review of WADA

Host city Wollongong will end the run of five consecutive European events

UCI chief announces powerful painkiller to be banned and screened for via organization's own pin-prick test

LottoNL-Jumbo boss fears teams have limited voice in a financial model that is not working for teams or riders

Rosters were reduced from nine to eight for grand tours this year, and now UCI boss David Lappartient is considering a further decrease.

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UCI president David Lappartient calls on Team Sky boss Dave Brailsford to stop provoking French fans.