Brian Cookson elected UCI President

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Brian Cookson elected UCI President

par redplanet » Ven Sep 27, 2013 9:09 am

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Brian Cookson has been elected as the new president of the UCI. At the UCI's annual Congress today in Florence, the British candidate received the majority of votes from the 42 authorized delegates. He defeated incumbent Pat McQuaid, who has served as UCI president since 2006.

Cookson beat his rival by 24 votes to 18 in the final run off.

"It's a huge honour to be voted president and I thank you for your trust. The real work starts now. I call on the global community to unite so that the sport lives up to its potential. We must have a new style of government and a collegiate system. My first act as president is to ensure anti-doping is fully independent and to sit down with WADA," Cookson said.

Cookson announced his candidacy in early June, saying, “I am not doing this lightly as I know how much needs to be done.” He based his campaign on two issues, anti-doping and an investigation of alleged corruption within the UCI. It was a brutal campaign at time

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