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Qatar Cycling and Triathlon Federation president Mohamed Al Kuwari has said the country’s desert stage cycling race will return in 2018 after this year’s edition was cancelled.
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International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson has suggested that European Cycling Union (UEC) counterpart David Lappartient wait until 2021 before running for the top job in world cycling, amid reports that the Frenchman will contest an election scheduled for later this year.
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Los Angeles 2024 has announced the final proposed venues for the Californian city’s bid to stage the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has hailed the award of its 2017 Para-cycling Track World Championships to Los Angeles as signifying “notable progress” for the discipline, however the timing of the event has been met with criticism from athletes.
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Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) has furthered its commitment to German cycling by acquiring the organising body behind the ‘Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt’ event, which the International Cycling Union (UCI) has elevated to elite WorldTour status for the 2017 season.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that this year’s Tour of Qatar and Ladies Tour of Qatar events have been abandoned, with the body citing a lack of backing from sponsors as a reason for the cancellations.
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Former WorldTour team Lampre-Merida is set to continue into the 2017 season after being granted a two-year licence by the International Cycling Union (UCI), however its backing has switched from a Chinese entity to a United Arab Emirates-based body.
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The European Cycling Union (UEC) has awarded hosting rights for the second edition of its revamped Road European Championships to the Danish city of Herning.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has unveiled a partnership with the Wanda Sports division of Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda under which the Tour of Guangxi, a new UCI WorldTour race, will be established.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has moved to warn organisers of some of Europe’s top road races that they alone cannot shape rules for the events after it was announced that they would reduce team sizes from the 2017 season.
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Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the operator of cycling’s Tour de France and other major sports properties, has elected to scrap its Criterium International event citing a reduction in the competition field due to other cycling races taking place at the same point in the calendar.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has elected to delay a reduction of the number of teams competing in its elite WorldTour to 2019, while China is reportedly set to be granted an additional event on the 2017 road racing calendar.

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The Ligue Nationale du Cyclisme (LNC), governing body of professional cycling in France, has said it will open legal proceedings against the International Cycling Union (UCI) over its expansion of the WorldTour calendar from the 2017 season.

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The world’s richest one-day men’s cycling race, the RideLondon-Surrey Classic, has claimed a groundbreaking three-year partnership with Velon, the joint business venture of 11 WorldTour squads, which is planning to expand its team as it seeks further development.

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British Cycling has today (Friday) confirmed that Ian Drake will step down as chief executive of the governing body in April.

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Organisers of the Six Day Series have added new events in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Mallorca as the track cycling competition expands for its 2016-17 edition.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has expanded its Women’s WorldTour series by adding four new events to the 2017 calendar.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) has today (Friday) approved a revised constitution that includes a restriction on the number of terms of office for its president, while a raft of measures have been unveiled that are designed to revamp its track cycling discipline.