Brian Cookson on UCI president bid: "It'll be a bad day for cycling if I'm not elected"

Brian Cookson

Brian Cookson will award medals in the World Championships and begin making changes immediately if elected cycling's president on Friday morning. The president of British Cycling is running against Pat McQuaid, UCI President for the last eight years.

"I'll take over immediately, Friday morning," Cookson told Cycling Weekly. "The president changes after the end of congress."

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