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Coe under fire from federation presidents for Olympic prize money announcement
World Athletics and its president Sebastian Coe is facing criticism from fellow international federations for the way it handled last week's announcement that it will be ringfencing a share of its Olympic revenues to reward gold medal winners at the forthcoming Games in Paris.
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Cycling
Whoop adds title sponsorship of Mountain Bike World Series to UCI link-up
Wearable technology company Whoop has built on its existing links with the International Cycling Union (UCI) by becoming title sponsor of the organisation’s Mountain Bike World Series.
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Cycling
Technology
UCI’s Track Champions League gets metaverse treatment for London finale
This weekend's International Cycling Union (UCI) Track Champions League in London is to enter the metaverse in a bid to engage with fans worldwide, Warner Bros
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Cycling
UCI budgets for $26m return from Paris 2024
The International Cycling Union (UCI) expects to receive $26m (€23.7m) from its share of revenues from the Paris 2024 Olympics, up from the $24.4m received after Tokyo 2020.
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Cycling
BigMat to sponsor inaugural Cycling World Championships
Building materials retailer BigMat has agreed a deal to sponsor the inaugural Cycling World Championships, which will be staged at venues in Glasgow and across Scotland from August 3-13
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Cycling
Events
Track Champions League returns to Paris with CIC as title sponsor
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that the Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris will host the third round of this year’s Track Champions League, with French bank an…
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Cycling
Governance
Lappartient running to be next president of French Olympic Committee
David Lappartient, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has confirmed that he is running to be the next president of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF)
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Cycling
Technology
Whoop data to feed into UCI Mountain Bike World Series broadcasts
Fitness tracking technology provider Whoop has agreed a partnership with the UCI Mountain Bike World Series
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Cycling
Events
WBD Sports once again turns to London for Track Champions League
London has today (Wednesday) been named as the host city for the grand finale of the 2023 International Cycling Union’s (UCI’s) Track Champions League.
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Cycling
Lidl signs on as top-tier sponsor for Cycling World Championships
European retail store group Lidl has agreed a sponsorship deal with the inaugural Cycling World Championships, which will be staged at venues in Glasgow and across Scotland from August 3-13
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Cycling
Birmingham 2022 Master Licensee Cube awarded UCI Cycling Worlds contract
Organisers of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow and across Scotland have appointed the UK-based Cube Partnership to manage the wholesale, licensing and retail programme
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Cycling
Media
Claro Sports returns as UCI Track Champions League broadcaster
Pay-TV broadcaster Claro Sports will return as the broadcaster of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Track Champions League in Latin America for the 2022 season.
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Cycling
Media
BBC to broadcast domestic coverage of inaugural Cycling Worlds
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has secured full domestic rights to Glasgow and Scotland’s 2023 Cycling World Championships, extending its long-term commitment to the coverage of major International C…
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Cycling
Events
Haute-Savoie to stage second edition of UCI Cycling Worlds
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced Haute-Savoie as the location for the second edition of its multi-discipline World Championships while also awarding the hosting rights to 13 other events
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Cycling
Zwift adds 2023 UCI Cycling Worlds to sponsorship portfolio
Global online fitness platform Zwift has been named as a sponsor of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow and across Scotland
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Cycling
Events
ASO confident over women’s Tour de France ‘investment’ as opener nets 3m domestic viewers
Event promoter Amaury Sport Organisation is confident that its investment in the women’s Tour de France will pay off commercially in future years with a sizeable free-to-air audience creating an appealing p…
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Cycling
UCI registers CHF21.3m surplus as Tokyo 2020 sees revenues surge
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has registered a net surplus of CHF21.3m ($22.2m/€21.3m) in its latest annual report after the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics helped uplift revenues to CHF61.4m.
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Cycling
Media
RideLondon Classique faces demotion as UCI intervenes over TV coverage
Road cycling’s RideLondon Classique has been provisionally demoted from the UCI Women’s WorldTour to the second-tier ProSeries after organisers failed to provide the necessary level of live broadcast cov…
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