Following a meeting called by UCI president Pat McQuaid in Lyon, France, Tour rights-holders and organisers ASO continued to reject the role and legitimacy of the federation
The two bodies have been at loggerheads since the UCI set up the ProTour two years ago.
A UCI spokesman said: “During the meeting ASO maintained its position rejecting the UCI’s function and legitimacy as an international federation, which it seems to want to take control of through its strategy to destabilise.
“ASO is in fact refusing the UCI the right to set participation rules for races entered on the UCI ProTour calendar.
“On this basis, which is totally unacceptable to the UCI, no agreement or compromise could be reached. Talks between the parties were therefore unsuccessful.
“The UCI will soon decide what action to take due to the deadlock created by ASO’s attitude, which has decided to put itself in an illegal position vis-à-vis the sports movement as a whole, and can only regret the irresponsible behaviour of its partners, which will seriously harm the general interests of all those involved in cycling.”
ASO denies it is responsible for the stand-off.
