L’International Cycling Union tighten the screw on the project OneCycling ! This closed league project had been rejected by theUCI In early June, judged “incompatible” with its regulatory framework and devoid “Sports coherence”. In a letter written by the hand of its president, David Lappartientand that The team Procurement, theUCI Reaffirms his position on the issue by threatening the teams and sanctions organizers if they were to continue the project.
Video – David Lappartient at the microphone of Cyclism'Actu
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Sanctions “which can go as far as withdrawing from UCI Worldteams” licenses “
“After the onecycling project was developed by a certain number of teams and organizers, in collaboration with SurJ (the Sports Subsidiary of the public investment fund of Saudi Arabia, PIF) The UCI was presented with the basic elements of the project at the end of 2024 and a calendar proposal for '' series' composed of tests” You WorldTour. David Lappartient Recalls here the support of a Saudi investment fund, which was to inject more than $ 300 million into the project OneCycling From 2026. All this to recover the calendar, in collaboration with several teams and events of the Worldtour.
In order to justify his rejection of the project, the president of theUCI evoked “A potential conflict of interest” Between private and sports actors. All this could finally lead “Unauthorized links between teams and organizers”and therefore to sanctions “Who can go as far as the licenses of the UCI WorldTeams and UCI Women's Worldteams teams to withdraw UCI Women's WORLDTOUR and UCI WOMEN's World TRUS by the steering committee by the steering committee”.
