David Lappartient Archives

WorldTour Relegation Battle Causes Turmoil in Top Teams

April 11, 2022 at 10:47 am5 min reading

Road cycling

Most sports fans surely know what the word relegation means. Most often used in football and rugby, it refers to the mechanism whereby teams in the top league of the sport are dropped to a lower league if they finish last or second from last.…

UCI president David Lappartient Hopes the Tour Is the Start of a New Life

February 3, 2021 at 12:09 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing troubles in 2021 as well. Several races have already been postponed. Their organisers requested them to be rescheduled to May. However, David Lappartient is concerned the calendar may become too crowded.

CCC to End Team Sponsorship at the End of 2020

May 13, 2020 at 2:02 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

The team manager Jim Ochowicz already suspended the majority of support staff in early April. In recent weeks, the riders accepted a 50 per cent salary cut. However, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic was too great on the CCC. The Polish shoe manufacturer‘s share…

UCI Suspends All Events on International Calendar and Other Important News from the World of Cycling

March 16, 2020 at 1:26 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it.

What Is the Future of Gravel Racing?

February 21, 2020 at 3:26 pm7 min reading

Outdoor/Mountain

Less than a decade ago, the term “gravel” didn’t mean much of anything in the world of cycling. You were either a mountain biker, or a road cyclist and that was that. But these days— there’s no arguing that there’s a new kid in town.…

Bettini Hopes Tafi Won’t Race the 2019 Paris-Roubaix

November 29, 2018 at 12:01 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Earlier this month, Andrea Tafi (52) said he had found a team to race for in 2019. According to him, the team is not yet able to announce his comeback publicly. The UCI president, David Lappartient, claimed it was South African team Dimension Data. And…

Geraint Thomas Is Fine with Banning Power Meters

November 7, 2018 at 11:44 am

Road cycling

The Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme wants to ban the technology as he believes it ‘annihilates the glorious uncertainty of sport’. His promise was met with cheers at the 2019 TdF route presentation in Paris. Despite the fact that even Quick-Step Floors boss…