McQuaid challenges election rival

International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid has called on his election rival Brian Cookson to condemn the “gangster politics” in an increasingly bitter election contest following the emergence of an anonymous leaked dossier alleging corruption at the UCI.

British Cycling president Cookson is challenging current UCI incumbent McQuaid for the leadership of the governing body, a process which is still in dispute after McQuaid failed to secure a nomination from either his home country, Ireland, or Switzerland, his current place of residence.

McQuaid now wants the UCI Congress to vote in a rule change to allow him to be nominated by Thailand and Morocco. A number of federations, including the United States, have asked for the UCI to take the dispute to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a decision on whether that should be permitted.