McQuaid in firing line

Pressure is mounting on the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) leadership with the governing body plunged into fresh controversy for disbanding its own inquiry into the Lance Armstrong drugs scandal.

The independent commission yesterday said neither the UCI nor other stakeholders had provided sufficient co-operation to allow it to function.

Meanwhile, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has accused the UCI’s leaders of deceit and arrogance for scrapping its inquiry, and the row puts the governing body’s President Pat McQuaid in the firing line again.