Cycling is set to clamp down on transfers of riders between teams after high-profile swoops by Britain's rich new Sky outfit, the sport's chief said on Saturday. UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) president Pat McQuaid said criticism of Team Sky's tactics had prompted a reappraisal of transfer rules, opening the door to football-style regulation. "Because of what other ...

Lance Armstrong's simmering row with Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is "healthy" for cycling and better than the usual doping controversies, the sport's chief said on Saturday. Pat McQuaid, president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said the verbal hostilities since last year's race have long been a part of cycling. "I see it as a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid has defended the changes to the 2012 Olympic track cycling program approved by the IOC on Thursday. Men and women will have the same five events at the London Games, namely the sprint, team sprint, keirin, the new multi-event omnium and team pursuit. The omnium is a multi-discipline event made up ...

World cycling chief Pat McQuaid said the International Cycling Union (UCI) could do nothing to stop Alejandro Valverde from racing the world championships road race on Sunday. Valverde is currently serving a two-year ban in Italy handed down by the country's Olympic Committee (CONI). But despite admitting he believed Valverde was implicated in the Operation Puerto scandal that erupted ...