Moreno says he's not a Grand Tour stooge

The Spanish candidate for the UCI presidency, Gregorio Moreno, says that he has the unanimous support of all Spanish cycling bodies and that he is not a puppet for the Grand Tour organisers in their fight against aspects of the UCI's ProTour. After current UCI president Hein Verbruggen suggested that Mr Moreno was acting like a candidate for the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España, the Spaniard issued a statement clarifying his position.

"The competence to present candidatures corresponds to the National Federations, not to the Race Organisers. Mr. Gregorio Moreno is a candidate on recommendation of the Spanish Federation, and not by intermediary of the Race Organizers. This candidature was presented in the right time and form by this Spanish Federation, with the support, the approval and the impulse of:

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