Brian Cookson elected as new UCI president

Pat McQuaid congratulates Brian Cookson on his election as UCI president

International representatives, after around four hours of arguments in central Florence, elected Brian Cookson as president of cycling's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale. Cookson won 24 of the 42 votes and defeated rival and incumbent President, Pat McQuaid.

"The campaign to get to this point has been intense and I'm under no illusion, the real work starts now," Cookson said. "We must embrace a new way of doing work. My first priority is to make anti-doping fully independent and to work with WADA to make a swift investigation into cycling's doping culture.

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