A comparison of changes made by international sports federations to the regulation of transgender women athletes
UCI launches a call for tenders to organise the 2024, 2025 and 2026 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships
The UCI welcomes and supports the clarity of the statement made by the IOC on the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions
UCI statement concerning Mykhaylo Kononenko
The Difficulties Of Selection, De-Selection And Selection Appeals: Key Considerations For Athletes
Therapeutic Use Exemptions: Can WADA Strike A Fairer Balance Between Prospective & Retroactive Applications?
AusCycling impose a three-month ban on Raina Beesley BMX cyclist
UK Anti-Doping v Shaun Leonard (Cyclist)
U.S. Cycling Athlete Nelson Trujillo Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violations
U.S. Cycling Athlete Jackson “Huntley” Nash Receives Lifetime Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violations
UCI announcement on the results of the 17 July Covid-19 testing campaign
Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: qualification system for cycling events unveiled
UCI reveals technological fraud testing strategy for the Tour de France
UCI statement concerning Marcin Polak
Renewal of UCI Athletes’ Commission: Flavia Zuber and Patrick Schnetzer will represent indoor cycling
Cyclist receives sanction
Sport Integrity Australia today acknowledged the decision of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to sanction athlete
Consistency and deterrence: A summary of ITA’s anti-doping program for the Tour de France
The International Testing Agency (ITA) managed the anti-doping activities for the 2021 edition of the Tour de France for the first time after the delegation of the entire cycling clean sport program by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in the beginning of the year. The comprehensive and targeted clean sport program was implemented in close collaboration with the Agence Française de Lutte Contre le Dopage (AFLD) and the French authorities. To date, no anti-doping rule violations (ADRVs) were asserted in connection with the event.
The UCI supports Afghan cycling community and helps with the evacuation of 165 refugees
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its partners have lent their support and help to the Afghan Cycling Federation. After the events which occurred in the country in August 2021 and the consequences that they have had on certain members of the population, in particular women, the UCI has reached out to members of the cycling family, the Olympic movement and also other members of the population whose lives and safety has been under threat, to enable them to leave Afghan soil.
U.S. Cycling Athlete Matt McWhirter Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation
USADA announced today that Matt McWhirter, of Scottsdale, Ariz., an athlete in the sport of cycling, has received a four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation.
McWhirter was subject to testing due to his membership in USA Cycling, which maintains the RaceClean Program that works to deter doping in the sport of cycling. The goal of the RaceClean Program is to create a level playing field from the grassroot to elite level of cycling.
Anne Gripper elected to UCI Management Committee joining OCC President Tony Mitchell
The Oceania Cycling Confederation (OCC) congratulates Mr David Lappartient on his re-election as President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in Leuven, Belgium, Friday 24 September 2021.
Fight against Technological Fraud: negative results for all tests at 2021 UCI Road World Championships
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) confirms a total of 56 technological fraud controls were performed during the recent 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders (Belgium). All returned negative results.
LawInSport Weekly News Recap - 24 September
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The UCI innovates in the off-road disciplines
Meeting on 21 and 22 September in Bruges (Belgium) during the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, marking the event’s centenary, the Management Committee of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) made a number of important decisions, notably concerning cycling’s off-road disciplines.
Comparing Approaches to Anti-Doping: WADA, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL & UFC: Part 2
The UCI studies the problem of transgender women
British Cycling to Ban Transgender Women from Competing in Female Category
The UCI approves IOC recommendations of 28 March 2023 concerning the participation of athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports in international competitions, and adapts its directives on their participation in events on the UCI International Calenda
Fighting Doping In Sport: How Spain's Bureaucracy Is Undermining The Athlete Biological Passport
The difficulties of athlete selection appeals: Key Considerations For Governing Bodies
The Court Of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Dismisses the appeal filed by Nairo Quintanaa
New Zealand Cycling Athlete Olivia Ray Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation
UCI declaration concerning the awarding of UCI WorldTour licences for the 2023-2025 period
Time Trial Cyclist Shaun Leonard banned from sport for four years
UCI statement concerning Michele Gazzoli
The UCI issues reminder of the Covid-19 health protocol applicable to La Vuelta Ciclista a España
Fight against technological fraud: UCI provides update on controls carried out so far during the 2022 Tour de France
UCI publishes its 2021 Annual Report: numerous advances made and financial targets met
Covid-19 health protocol for road races: update for the Grand Tours
UCI joins global coalition calling on governments to boost cycling levels to reduce carbon emissions
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is proud to join the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and a global coalition of pro-cycling organisations with the publication of an open letter to governments attending the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland (Great Britain).
UKAD response to WADA report
Following the publication of the report, a UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) spokesperson said: “We welcome the findings of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) report today into alleged events in 2011. The report makes no recommendations for UKAD to follow, and notes that all samples related to their investigation were negative. The report also notes that the employees involved in the 2011 events are no longer employed by UKAD, and praises UKAD’s “diligent cooperation and transparency” with WADA’s investigation team.
Women’s Tour de France back after 33-year absence
The women's Tour de France will be revived next year as the 2022 race route was unveiled in the Palais des Congrès in Paris on Thursday (14 October) by the newly appointed race director Marion Rousse.
The women's Tour had not been held since 1989 and will this year start from Paris and end eight days later at the top of the Super Planche des Belles Filles climb at the end of an eight-stage ride through eastern France.
The trial against the fan who caused the crash at the Tour de France
Tomorrow, on the day when the Tour de France 2022 will be officially presented and the rebirth of the Tour de Femmes will be celebrated, a criminal trial will be held in Brest against the spectator who caused a group crash on the first stage of the 2021 edition Brest-Landerneau on 26th June.
The UCI confirms Zwift to host 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships on 26 February 2022
What is the substance the UCI is investigating and why would it affect Primoz Roglic?
In the midst of several modifications recently made by the International Cycling Union (UCI) to the development of road cycling, alarms have been set on account of the use of a substance that serves to provide energy to cyclists and on other occasions has generated controversy .
Solomon Islands welcomed as 11th member of Oceania Cycling Confederation
The Oceania Cycling Confederation (OCC) is pleased to welcome the Solomon Islands as a new member nation, following the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Congress in Leuven, Belgium, Friday 24 September 2021.
CPA working on riders safety: fruitful meeting with AIOCC at Flanders 2021 World Championships
The UCI has elected its Vice-Presidents for the next four years
Meeting for an extraordinary session after the Congress of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) organised during the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders (Belgium), the newly elected Management Committee today carried out the election of the Federation’s Vice-Presidents for the next four years. In line with a modification to the UCI Constitution approved earlier in the day by its Congress, the UCI now counts at least one Vice-President of each gender, for a total of four Vice-Presidents (compared with three previously). The Vice-Presidents elected are:
Comparing Approaches to Anti-Doping: WADA, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL & UFC: Part 3
Comparing Approaches to Anti-Doping: WADA, MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL & UFC: Part 1
