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3 unusual facts about Union Cycliste Internationale


Joop Atsma

Atsma 178ste during the meeting of the International Cycling Union in Lugano in 2009 again elected to the Board of the Union Cycliste Internationale.

Marco Polo Cycling Club

The team won the overall victory in more than 10 UCI international stage races and hundreds of top classifications, stages and one-day events.

Newark Velodrome

The event was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the cycling sport.


1997 UCI Road World Championships

In 2002 UCI sued Festina soigneur Willy Voet for defamation over claims in his book Breaking the Chain that the UCI and Hein Verbruggen had allegedly been involved in some sort of coverup of use of Lidocaine and Laurent Brochard.

Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's BMX

Qualification was based on UCI ranking by nations, 2008 UCI BMX World Championships results and wild-cards reserved to a Tripartite Commission (IOC, ANOC, UCI).

Grant Potter

Potter was the Gold medalist of the 2010 Worlds Masters Stage Race, 2009 U.S. Masters National Champion, 2010 UCI Worlds top 5 finisher, 2010 Deutschlandsberg Worlds TT winner among many other titles.

Lisa Mathison

Her achievements in mountain biking won her a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) scholarship under the tutelage of legendary Swiss ex-pro, Chantal Daucourt, at the coaching facility in Aigle, Switzerland.

Rik Van Steenbergen

The UCI president Hein Verbruggen and Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt also attended.

Tracey Gaudry

After Brian Cookson was elected president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in September 2013, Gaudry was appointed as one of the UCI's three vice presidents.


see also

Oceanian Cycling Confederation

Michael Turtur from South Australia was President of the Union Cycliste Internationale's Oceanian Cycling Confederation from 2008 to 2012, taking over from Ray Godkin from Sydney, Australia, who retired from the position in late 2008 following 22 years as the President.