David Lappartient

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Team Sky GM Dave Brailsford let the world know how he felt about UCI president David Lappartient in a candid interview over the weekend.

Now that Chris Froome’s controversial Salbutamol case has been closed, the big question now making the rounds is who leaked it?

UCI president David Lappartient continues to insist that Chris Froome sit out from competitions until his salbutamol case is resolved.

Recently elected UCI president David Lappartient brings political cunning and diplomatic prowess to usher cycling into new era.

The UCI president said Chris Froome's anti-doping case is still ongoing as authorities sort through details.

Chris Froome feels that David Lappartient should address concerns to him in person, not publicly via media statements.

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New UCI president David Lappartient highlighted the fact that he works for the cycling federation, not Tour de France owner ASO.

UCI President David Lappartient is adamant that Lance Armstrong can't be present at the Tour of Flanders on race day due to his lifetime ban.

UCI President David Lappartient spoke out strongly about Chris Froome's Salbutamol case on Thursday and called for Team Sky to suspend him.

How will the UCI crack down on motor cheating? Why did it settle the case with Sagan over his Tour de France disqualification?

Newly elected UCI president David Lappartient said he supports a salary cap in cycling, but admitted it would be hard to implement.

New UCI president David Lappartient warns that illegal gambling may threaten the integrity of pro cycling.

Former UCI president Brian Cookson shared too many of his responsibilities as head of the governing body, insiders told VeloNews.

The day after he was elected UCI president, David Lappartient said he would like to see women's cycling grow.

David Lappartient's resounding victory seems as much as a rejection of Cookson’s consensus style of governance as an endorsement of the Frenchman.

Frenchman David Lappartient will succeed Briton Brian Cookson as UCI president after winning a landslide election on Thursday in Bergen.

The UCI presidential election is only one week away. The Outer Line evaluates the candidates and picks a favorite to lead cycling.

The French no longer rule the sport ... but is there a comeback in the works?