McQuaid: 'No truth' in Landis's claims of UCI protecting riders

UCI president Pat McQuaid, Andy Jones at the Tour de France 2010

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) president Pat McQuaid is considering taking legal action against doper-turned-whistleblower Floyd Landis in response to the American's latest insinuation that the UCI 'protected' some riders.

At the weekend, Landis told French newspaper L'Equipe that "in the peloton, everyone knows that Pat McQuaid, [former UCI President] Hein Verbruggen and other leaders of the UCI have protected some riders and not others during the past 20 years. It was their way of manipulating and creating stars."

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Nigel Wynn
Former Associate Editor

Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly