The UCI announced plans to change the track calendar (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)The UCI has announced a major overhaul of the track cycling calendar, which will see trade teams barred from riding World Cup events.
The UCI carried out hundreds of motor doping tests at the Giro d'Italia (Picture: Getty Images / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI) The UCI has revealed it carried out more than 1,300 ‘rigorous’ motor doping tests during the 2019 Giro d’Italia.
The UCI has banned tramadol in competition (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)The UCI has tested 117 riders for the painkiller tramadol after the substance was banned in professional cycling earlier this year.
UCI President David Lappartient (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)The Frenchman also described the neutralisation of the final stage of last year's Giro as 'ridiculous'
The number of top-tier teams is likely to increase under new UCI rulesThe number of WorldTour teams is set to increase (Photo: Yuzuru SUNADA)The number of WorldTour teams looks likely to increase as five outfits have launched bids to be promoted to cycling’s Premier League.