Mission statement

 

 

The International Cycling Union (UCI) is cycling’s International Federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The UCI was founded in Paris in 1900, it's headquarters are at the World Cycling Centre, Aigle, Switzerland.

 

 

 

The UCI administers and promotes the development of the eight disciplines of cycling all around the world (road, track, mountain bike, BMX, para-cycling, cyclo-cross, trials and indoor cycling). Over the last 10 years, the UCI has intensified its development activities on all five continents.

The UCI’s mission is to develop and promote cycling, in close collaboration with National Federations, be it as a competition sport and its associated values (effort, well-being and fair play), as a healthy recreational activity or as a means of transport.

In particular, the UCI:

• organises the UCI World Championships and the UCI World Cups,
• collaborates with the IOC to organise the cycling events of the Olympic Games,
• sets the dates of races on the International Calendar,
• establishes the regulations for the cycling disciplines,
• develops the disciplines of cycling around the world,
• organises training programmes,
• fights against doping.

 

In addition to our statutory aims, we pay particular attention to the following areas:

 

 

 

Training and development

The World Cycling Centre (WCC), headquarters of the International Cycling Union founded in Aigle, Switzerland, is a coaching and training centre recognized by the International Olympic Committee...

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The fight against doping

For over 40 years, riders’ health and promoting the ethics of sport have been core concerns of the International Cycling Union (UCI), making it one of the pioneers in this field... 

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Developing equipment

• Being aware of the potential dangers and problems posed by a loss of control over the technical aspects of cycling, the UCI Management Committee has on 8thOctober 1996 in Lugano, taken a number of measures...  Lugano Charter
• The UCI Regulations assert the primacy of man over machine. Observance of the regulations by all the parties 
  involved guarantees sporting fairness and safety during competition : Technical regulations for bicycles, a practical guide to implementation (2.15 Mb)

Ethics

• The UCI adheres to the declaration from Panathlon International : "Ethics in Youth Sports"

 

Protecting the environment

• The protection of the environment and the application of the principles of sustainable development are fundamental duties for all individuals in society. As an International Federation, the International Cycling Union is committed to assume its responsibilities in this respect : Charter Cycling and the Environment
• The UCI produced a working tool for organizers of cycling events entitled "ReCycling, the UCI Environmental Guidebook"

 

Involving disabled people

• Paracycling has been fully integrated into the UCI as a discipline in its own right, and World Championships and a World Cup are organised every year. 

History

 

1893 : First Track World Championships. 

1896 : First modern Olympic Games. Cycling is included in the programme. 

14 April 1900: Foundation of the International Cycling Union by the Belgian, French, Italian, Swiss and United States National Federations in Paris (FRA). 

1927 : First Road World Championships. 

1950 : First Cyclo-Cross World Championships. 

1956 : First Indoor Cycling World Championships. 

1965 : Creation of the International Amateur Cycling Federation (FIAC) and the International Professional Cycling Federation (FICP). The UCI became the coordinating body for these two federations. The FIAC was established in Rome (ITA), the FICP in Luxembourg and the UCI in Geneva (CH). 

1984 : First Trials World Championships. 

1990 : First official Mountain Bike World Championships. 

1992 : Reunification of FIAC and FICP within the UCI. 
The Federation moves to Lausanne (SUI). 

1993 : First official BMX World Championships. 

1996 : The mountain bike becomes an Olympic sport. 

14 April 2002 : Inauguration of the new UCI headquarters in Aigle (SUI) 

2008 : BMX becomes an Olympic sport.

 

 

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The UCI Presidents 

Emile de Beukelaer (BEL, 1900-1922)

Léon Breton (FRA, 1922-1936)

Max Burgi (SUI, 1936-1939)

Alban Collignon (BEL, 1939-1947)

Achille Joinard (FRA, 1947-1958)

Adriano Rodoni (ITA, 1958-1981)

Luis Puig (ESP, 1981-1990)

Hein Verbruggen (NED, 1991-2005)

Patrick McQuaid (IRL, from 2005)