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Union Cycliste Internationale - UCI Newsletter #66 - 18.09.2019 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Members, This newsletter comes to you as we prepare for the 2019 UCI Road World Championships and the UCI Congress in Harrogate, Yorkshire. After witnessing an exciting year of road racing, I am very much looking forward to these Championships in Great Britain’s cycling heartland. I also look forward to seeing many of you at the UCI Congress on 27 September. I have travelled a great deal in the last 12 months and have also had the pleasure of hosting National Federation delegations at the UCI in Aigle, but it is only once a year that we are so many in the same place at the same time. This always leads to interesting and fruitful discussions and I treasure this opportunity. A few weeks ago, I travelled to Mont-Saint-Anne in Canada for the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. This was a magnificent event in one of our traditional mountain bike venues, not only a regular UCI Mountain Bike World Cup fixture but also the third time it has hosted the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship. It was marked by great competitions as well as by innovation: the inclusion of E-Mountain bike. South African Alan Hatherly and Switzerland’s Nathalie Schneitter go down in history as the first-ever E-Mountain bike UCI World Champions after enthralling racing in this new and increasingly-popular format of mountain biking. I am delighted that it now comes under our governance. In terms of social media, it was the most successful UCI Mountain Bike World Championships yet with a record of 3 million video views across all platforms. A total of 15 000 new fans were gained across all UCI Mountain Bike Social media channels. Back in Aigle, it was my great pleasure to welcome a delegation from the Federation Rwandaise de Cyclisme, led by its President Aimable Bayingana. Rwanda is one of our fast-developing cycling nations – not least with the Tour de Rwanda and an increasing number of international athletes - and I am convinced it can be an example to other African countries. The Rwandan delegation officially submitted its candidature to host the first UCI Road World Championships on the African continent as well as discuss a UCI WCC satellite centre in its country. The UCI and its World Cycling Centre continually strives to help all developing nations and, as outlined in my Agenda 2022 we are at the service of our National Federations. The last Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta Ciclista a España has recently finished and I was privileged to follow racing on the 20th stage from Arenas de San Pedro to Plataforma de Gredos this past weekend. The next major event is the UCI Road World Championships and I look forward to seeing you in Yorkshire. David Lappartient UCI President UCI NEWS 2019 UCI Congress As previously announced, the 2019 UCI Congress will take place on 27 September 2019 in Harrogate, Great Britain. Venue: Auditorium (See map here) Harrogate Convention Centre King's Rd, Harrogate, HG1 5LA, UK. The timetable of the event is as follows: 07.30 – 08.45 Registration of the Voting Delegates; Registration of the National Federation Delegates. 09.00 – 17.00 UCI Congress As a reminder, the National Federations will have received the Congress file within the 30 days statutory deadline. We would kindly ask the National Federations to arrive with plenty of time to register as the Congress will start promptly at 9.00. Please note that you must be in possession of your accreditation and that registration is organised alphabetically by country. Staff will direct you to the right area on arrival. Delegate registration is now closed, as is registration for the UCI VIP Lounge. Should you require any further information, please contact [email protected]. National Federations: newly elected Presidents Several new Presidents have been elected to lead their National Federations, covering three continents. In the Pan-American region, Mr Mauricio Vargas was appointed President of the Federación Colombiana de Ciclismo until 2021. Also, Mr Larry Romany took the position of President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation and Mr Linden Dowridge was elected as President of the Guyana Cycling Federation. In Asia, Mr Sorasak Pan heads the Cambodia Cycling Federation for the period 2019-2022. Finally, in Africa, the Cycling Federation of Nigeria has elected Mr Zakari Djibo as President and the Federação Moçambicana de Ciclismo has elected Mr Danilo Calu to lead his institution. We wish them success in the work to be undertaken for the development and promotion of cycling in their respective countries in the years to come. Special edition of the UCI Newsletter A special edition of the UCI Newsletter will be published on 15 October following the decisions taken by the UCI Management Committee at its meeting in Harrogate, Great Britain, on 24, 25 and 26 September 2019. This issue will focus exclusively on the amendments to the UCI Regulations approved by the UCI Management Committee during the said meeting. SPORTS ROAD 2019 UCI Road World Championships, Yorkshire (GBR) The Technical Guide of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships is now available in English, French and Spanish. Other official documents of the event are also consultable on the UCI website. Aigle-Martigny 2020: official presentation The Organising Committee of Aigle-Martigny 2020 invites you to a special event to reveal the routes of the 2020 UCI Road World Championships in Harrogate, Yorkshire. The presentation will take place at the Auditorium of the Harrogate Convention Centre on 25 September 2019 at 19.30. Please find the invitation here including event timings. 2020 Road Financial Obligations – Men Elite UCI ProSeries Please kindly note that the document concerning the 2020 Financial Obligations has been updated and that all the latest information can be found on the UCI website. Key changes for organisers concern the UCI ProSeries (Men Elite) events and the new anti-doping contribution requirement. Furthermore, any UCI Continental Teams wishing to take part in UCI ProSeries events are required to pay an additional fee of €3,500 as a contribution to the fight against doping. These changes implement a principle that was agreed in the organisation of men’s professional road cycling to support anti-doping controls in the new UCI ProSeries (Men Elite) events. 2020 UCI Continental Teams and UCI Women's Continental Teams National Federations are reminded that they have until 30 September 2019 to confirm which teams they intend to register for the 2020 season. We would be grateful if you could do this by completing annex A-1 which you will find in the “Instructions for Registration” guide, available via the National Federations' Extranet, and emailing it to [email protected]. TRACK 2019 UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships The 2019 UCI Masters Track Cycling World Championships will take place on 12-19 October at the velodrome in Manchester (GBR). Registration is open, and tickets are on sale here. 2019-2020 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup Reminder of dates: Minsk (BLR): 1-3 November 2019 Glasgow (GBR): 8-10 November 2019 Hong Kong (HKG): 29 November-1 December 2019 Cambridge (NZL): 6-8 December 2019 Brisbane (AUS): 13-15 December 2019 Milton (CAN): 24-26 January 2020 Competition programmes are available here. Quotas (Sprint, Keirin, Omnium, Madison) – Tuesday 17 September 2019 Quotas for the 2019-2020 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup will be published on 19 September 2019 at 12.00 (CET). They will be based on the UCI Rankings of 17 September 2019, in accordance with Article 3.4.005 of the UCI Regulations. A table summarising the registration opening and closing dates for UCI events can be found here. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Test event Following the questionnaire that closed on 31 July, it was decided that the following events will be included on the programme of the 'Ready Steady Tokyo' test event, to be held at the Olympic velodrome in Tokyo on 11-12 April 2020. Men: Individual Sprint, Team Sprint, Madison, Team Pursuit Women: Keirin, Team Sprint, Omnium, Team Pursuit The competition programme will be available here shortly. Documentation for Organisers - Guide to Hosting International Track Events An organisation guide for all track event organisers has recently been published. Its aim is to help competition organisers in the planning and implementation of international track events. The document can be found here. URBAN 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships The Official Competition Guide of the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships is now available on the UCI website. You will find all the necessary event information in this publication. As a reminder, the registrations are open from Monday 30 September to Friday 25 October 2019, 12:00 CET on the UCI online registration as indicated in the competition guide. Trials Junior Categories To hold the two juniors’ competitions (Men Junior 20” and Men Junior 26”), the minimum number of riders per category is 12. If these numbers are not reached in one of both categories; then the junior categories will be combined in one unique junior category. We would like to remind National Federations of the special derogation For Trials and BMX Freestyle Flatland, that all National Federations can register unlimited number of riders in each discipline and category. The UCI Online Registration System for the 2019 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships will: open on 30 September 2019, 12.00 CET; close on 25 October 2019, 12.00 CET. MOUNTAIN BIKE 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships presented by Mercedes-Benz The 30th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships took place in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada, with 616 riders from 45 nations.