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David Lappartient, Features, Geopolitics, Igor Makarov, Politics, Racing, Turkmenistan, UCI - November 25, 2020

The dictator, the oligarch and the UCI president

When politics, business and sport collide: the strange story of international cycling's dance with one of the world's most notorious dictators.

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The riders, courses, and winner’s jerseys for the Zwift UCI World Championships

Zwift today announced more details of the upcoming E-Sports world championships. With just over two weeks until the inaugural event, Zwift and the UCI confirmed the rider start list, the course, winners jerseys and a series of community events. A total of 22 nations will be represented across the men’s and women’s races on December …

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CPA, Features, News, The Riders Union, UCI - November 4, 2020

Newly formed Riders Union hopes for ‘a place at the table’

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After months of rumors, the men’s pro peloton has a new organization hoping to represent its interests: The Riders Union officially launched on Monday. “Welcome everybody to The Riders Union, the initiative to set up a comprehensive and democratic union of professional cyclist[s],” a newly established Twitter account for the newly established organization said. “Basic …

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Nerd Alert podcast: Your next road bike might look like an airplane

Welcome back to the CyclingTips Nerd Alert podcast. In this episode we discuss two things related to the UCI: one is a rule we’d like to see and the other is a rule we will see. The UCI has a lot of silly technical rules, but there’s one that isn’t on the books that could …

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New UCI tech rules leaked: Is bike design about to get a shake-up?

It came via email from a secret industry insider. A brief amendment to the UCI technical regulations, apparently approved by the sport’s governing body, and applicable from the start of 2021. In it is a bunch of interesting additions, changes and removals, all in red. The new rulings are applicable to road, track, time trial …

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