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• UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
  October 29th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which suggested the Union had favored the Astana team in the Tour de France.
  The French earlier this month released a critical report suggesting the UCI [...]

• Contador, Spain Dominate Cycling World Rankings
  October 19th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 19, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador finished the official cycling season as the top ranked rider in the International Cycling Union (UCI) world calendar released on Monday.
  In an all-Spanish podium Contador, who rides for Astana, finished top on 527 points, ahead of second [...]

• ‘End of the Pro Tour’ As Top Teams Ditch License
  July 15th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Seventeen of the world’s top cycling teams said on Tuesday they would not be seeking a Pro Tour license for 2009, according to a statement released here at the Tour de France.
  The Pro Tour was launched by the International Cycling Union (UCI) in [...]

• Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis
  AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the first doping scandal to emerge at this year’s Tour de France.
  Beltran, best known for helping Lance Armstrong to the [...]

• Tour de France Is Wrong To Break Away From UCI, McQuaid Says
  July 2nd, 2008
  

  by Jean Montois
  PARIS, July 1, 2008 (AFP) – Top cycling official Pat McQuaid has expressed his wish for a trouble-free Tour de France but says that it was a mistake for the event to have broken away from the International Cycling Union (UCI).
  The Irishman says he regrets that the [...]