UCI President keen to create Gravel World Championship

UCI President David Lappartient
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UCI President David Lappartient has said the global governing body for cycle racing is making plans for a gravel racing world championships as it tries to establish formal governance of cycling's new discipline and tap into the massive growth in gravel riding and racing.

In a wide-ranging interview with selected media, including Cyclingnews, during a 48-hour visit to the Tour Down Under, Lappartient talked about a number of subjects, including the likely decision to hand over anti-doping testing in cycling from the in-house but independent Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) to the new International Testing Agency (ITA), created with the support of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other national federations.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.