UCI vote decides future of McQuaid

This afternoon in the Italian city of Florence, UCI Congress will sit down in the Palazzo Vecchio with the future of world cycling at stake.

By lunchtime, the votes of 42 delegates will have been cast to decide who will run world cycling’s governing body over the next four years.

Pat McQuaid, the Irish incumbent who has ran the federation for eight years is seeking a third term, while Brian Cookson, British Cycling’s long-time president, is positioning himself as an agent of change.