Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), founded in 1900 and headquartered in Switzerland, is the internationally recognized governing body for cycling, recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Employing approximately 260 people, the UCI oversees eight cycling disciplines: road, track, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, BMX, trials, indoor, and para-cycling. Four of these disciplines are Olympic sports, two are Paralympic, and three are featured in the Youth Olympic Games. The UCI's activities include developing and promoting cycling as a competitive sport, recreational activity, and mode of transport, and organizing various events such as the annual UCI Road World Championships and other World Championships and World Cups across its disciplines.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1900

Headcount

251

Headquarters

Switzerland

Primary Segment

Spectator Sports

Ownership

State Owned

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On September 12, 2025, SRAM issued a press release and filed a complaint with the Belgian Competition Authority regarding the UCI's Maximum Gear Ratio Test Protocol for the 2025 Tour of Guangxi, scheduled for October 14-19. The Belgian Competition Authority opened an investigation on September 19, 2025, into the UCI's adoption of a technical standard limiting maximum gear ratios in professional road cycling. The UCI published the list of TV broadcasters for the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, from September 21-28. The UCI also confirmed the deployment of a GPS rider tracking system to improve rider safety at the same World Championships. Jonas Vingegaard won the 2025 Vuelta a España, marking Denmark's first victory in the Spanish Grand Tour.

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Jan

21st

2026

23:00

Events, Awards and Recognitions, ESG, B2B Tag

2026 UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum: themes revealed and registrations open

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the city of Athens are pleased to announce the themes of the 2026 UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum and the opening of registrations for the event, which will take place on 10–11 May 2026 in Athens, Greece.

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Jan

4th

2026

13:00

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2025-2026 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup: MVDP lights up the new year

Zonhoven (Belgium) and the stars of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup delivered thrilling battles on Sunday 4 January to kick off 2026 in spectacular fashion and gear up towards an exhilarating final rush to their campaign.

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Dec

31st

2025

18:30

B2B Tag

Cyclocross: New winter addition in 2030?

The Winter programme returned to the forefront of discussion with five years remaining until the French Alps Games. The debate is framed by a dual pressure: the rise of novel disciplines seeking inclusion, and the fragile position of staples like Nordic combined.

Inside The Games

Dec

22nd

2025

02:52

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Three-year partnership transforming cycling in Rwanda

The UCI Road World Championships marked a historic milestone in 2025 when they were held on the African continent for the first time. But the impact of the event organised in Kigali, Rwanda, goes well beyond the eight days of competition that enraptured athletes and fans alike.

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Dec

17th

2025

04:46

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UCI statement concerning António Carvalho Ferreira

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that the Portuguese rider António Carvalho Ferreira has been sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation for use of a prohibited substance and/or a prohibited method due to unexplained abnormalities in his Athlete Biological Passport (*) in 2018, 2023 and 2024.

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Dec

15th

2025

22:28

Events, B2B Tag

The UCI unveils the 2026 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup calendar

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its partner Hurricane are pleased to announce today the calendar for the 2026 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup. Comprising four rounds across three continents, the 2026 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup will start mid-May in Montpellier, France, as part of the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE), an event that attracts half a million spectators each year.

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Dec

6th

2025

07:16

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The UCI inaugurates a new UCI WCC Regional Development Satellite in Asia

The UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC) – the training and education centre of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), based in Aigle, Switzerland – is pleased to announce the opening of a new UCI WCC Regional Development Satellite, in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

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Dec

2nd

2025

03:00

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UCI statement concerning Martti Sciortino

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announces that Italian rider Martti Sciortino has been sanctioned with an 18-month period of ineligibility following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation for the presence of Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone metabolite (DHCMT) as well as Stanozolol metabolites (Stanozolol)* in a sample collected during the BMX Swiss Challenge Cup on 24 May 2025.

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Nov

30th

2025

18:30

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2025-2026 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup: Nys and Van Alphen lead the way

Two rounds completed The 2025-2026 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup is underway, with the first two rounds held in Tábor (Czechia) on 23 November, and Flamanville (France) a week later. Ten more rounds await the stars of the discipline, including six in December, ahead of an exhilarating rush to kick start 2026.

Union Cycliste Internationale

Nov

27th

2025

10:18

Events, B2B Tag

Economic impact of the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today publishes a report compiled by professional services firm EY on the significant positive economic impact of the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships for the event host Valais, Switzerland. For the first time, the UCI World Championships for mountain bike featured nearly all the discipline’s major formats in a single two-week event (30 August – 14 September).

Union Cycliste Internationale

Nov

26th

2025

08:59

ESG, B2B Tag

The UCI publishes its second Sustainability Report (2024–2025)

To mark World Sustainable Transport Day, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has published its second Sustainability Report. It highlights the UCI’s achievements and initiatives in 2024 and 2025, as well as the remaining challenges in advancing the ecological and social transformation of cycling worldwide.

Union Cycliste Internationale

Nov

19th

2025

18:30

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UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup: intense action to kick off in Tábor

First of 12 rounds this weekend Thrilling battles await cyclo-cross stars and fans with the first of 12 rounds of the 2025-2026 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup taking place this weekend in Tábor (Czechia). Well established specialists of the discipline, versatile multi-discipline athletes and rising talents gear up to tackle a packed schedule of races, all the way to the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hulst (the Netherlands), at the beginning of 2026 (30 January to 1 February).

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Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) sells broadcasting rights of its 17 cyclo-cross and cycling competitions to 78 companies globally, covering 25 countries. Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)'s rights holders include Claro, BBC and DirecTV. Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) currently holds 3 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including cyclo-cross and cycling.

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