David Lappartient Archives

UCI President on Banning Repeated Carbon Monoxide Inhalation: ‘The UCI takes a bold and necessary stance’

February 4, 2025 at 8:32 am2 min reading

Road cycling

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has taken a decisive step by banning the repeated inhalation of carbon monoxide (CO). This ruling, announced after the UCI Management Committee meeting in Arras, France, will come into effect on 10 February 2025.

Cyclo-cross Season Erupts in Controversy and Doubts

November 16, 2023 at 8:20 am4 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

The current cyclo-cross season has barely begun and already the discipline is awash in controversy. The crisis was sparked by an interview given by UCI president David Lappartient to the French cycling magazine DirectVelo. Stung by the large number of top riders skipping World Cup…

Wout van Aert Confirmed for Five Cyclo-cross Events

November 13, 2023 at 10:22 am3 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

As the three-time cyclo-cross world champion prepares for the upcoming 2024 road cycling season, Van Aert has announced a concise selection of cyclo-cross races he will participate in. The holiday season will see the three-time world champion compete in five events, with possible additions still…

Preparing Rwanda’s Cyclists for its 2025 World Championships

October 25, 2023 at 4:44 am3 min reading

Road cycling

The UCI clearly believes that cycling has a big future in Africa. That’s why cycling’s ruling body has signed a partnership agreement with the Association of African National Olympic Committees (ANOCA) to support the progress of African cyclists ahead of the 2025 Road World Championships,…

WorldTour Relegation Battle Causes Turmoil in Top Teams

April 11, 2022 at 10:47 am5 min reading

Road cycling

Most sports fans surely know what the word relegation means. Most often used in football and rugby, it refers to the mechanism whereby teams in the top league of the sport are dropped to a lower league if they finish last or second from last.…

UCI president David Lappartient Hopes the Tour Is the Start of a New Life

February 3, 2021 at 12:09 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing troubles in 2021 as well. Several races have already been postponed. Their organisers requested them to be rescheduled to May. However, David Lappartient is concerned the calendar may become too crowded.

CCC to End Team Sponsorship at the End of 2020

May 13, 2020 at 2:02 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

The team manager Jim Ochowicz already suspended the majority of support staff in early April. In recent weeks, the riders accepted a 50 per cent salary cut. However, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic was too great on the CCC. The Polish shoe manufacturer‘s share…

UCI Suspends All Events on International Calendar and Other Important News from the World of Cycling

March 16, 2020 at 1:26 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it.

What Is the Future of Gravel Racing?

February 21, 2020 at 3:26 pm7 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Less than a decade ago, the term “gravel” didn’t mean much of anything in the world of cycling. You were either a mountain biker, or a road cyclist and that was that. But these days— there’s no arguing that there’s a new kid in town.…

Bettini Hopes Tafi Won’t Race the 2019 Paris-Roubaix

November 29, 2018 at 12:01 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Earlier this month, Andrea Tafi (52) said he had found a team to race for in 2019. According to him, the team is not yet able to announce his comeback publicly. The UCI president, David Lappartient, claimed it was South African team Dimension Data. And…