UCI President Pat McQuaid seeks to continue anti-doping fight
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Pat McQuaid has pledged to continue the fight against doping if he is re-elected as president of the International Cycling Union (UCI).
The Irishman, 63, is opposed by head of British Cycling Brian Cookson, who is a member of the UCI management committee.
Cookson has criticised the UCI handling of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
“I have introduced the most sophisticated and effective anti-doping infrastructure in world sport to cycling,” McQuaid said.
“It is now possible to race and win clean. Our sport is leading the way.”
Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and given a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-doping Agency in August last year after admitting that he had used performance-enhancing drugs.
The American was subsequently critical, external of McQuaid’s leadership of the UCI.
In his manifesto for running for the UCI presidency, McQuaid – a former professional cyclist – pledged to:
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