Russian team takes UCI to court over ban

Banned team Gazprom-RusVelo awaits verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Gazprom-RusVelo team 2022
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The management of the former second-tier Russian team Gazprom-RusVelo are optimistic of winning an unprecedented court case against cycling’s governing body the UCI, after alleging that they were shut down without a justified reason last spring.

Five days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, 2022, the UCI announced that all Russian and Belarusian teams would be suspended with immediate effect. 

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