UCI INFORMS TEAMS THAT PARIS-NICE WILL BE UNREGULATED

February 27, 2008 in News Report
Tags: FFC, French Cycling Federation, International Federation, Pat McQuaid, Secretary of State for Sport, UCI

In a letter sent today to all professional teams, UCI President Pat McQuaid outlined the situation that has arisen as a result of the French Cycling Federation’s (FFC) decision to agree to ASO’s request to organise Paris-Nice as an event on the national calendar, under the exclusive jurisdiction of French law. This measure is utterly [...]

Pat McQuaid gave Irish cycling a real jolt

January 17, 2008 in News Report
Tags: 2008 Paralympic Games, Cathal Miller, Catherine Walsh, David O'Loughlin, David Peelo, Denis Toomey, Enda Smyth, Joanna Hickey, Pan American Championships, Paralympic Council, Pat McQuaid

The Union Cycliste Internationale under the Presidency of Pat McQuaid gave Irish cycling a real jolt during the week with the announcement that Ireland had qualified four representatives for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing in the Autumn. Naturally the Paralympic Council of Ireland (PCI) were cock-a-hoop with the news as was Cycling Ireland. Whilst [...]

Tour Down Under gets the nod

January 11, 2008 in News Report
Tags: Cadel Evans, Francaise des Jeux, Pat McQuaid, Philippe Gilbert, Robbie McEwen, Silence-Lotto, Stuart O'Grady, Tour de France, Tour Down Under, UCI ProTour

The 2008 UCI ProTour breaks new ground with the Tour Down Under in Australia getting the nod for a January 22 kick off. Unfortunately the ballyhoo about the TDU getting the status at the Congress in Stuttgart in Germany in Septenmber has failed to ignite the top professionals going to Aussie land. They have stayed [...]

Ivan Basso will be banned from the sport for two years

May 10, 2007 in News Report
Tags: Discovery Channel, Ivan Basso, Pat McQuaid, Team CSC

Pat McQuaid as President of the Union Cycliste Internationale is adamant that Ivan Basso will be banned from the sport for two years. ‘If he is of the impression through his national federation Italy, that owning up to his involvement in Operacion Puerto, that he will be treated leniently and get less than the mandatory [...]

McQUAID SOLVES THE PROBLEM

March 7, 2007 in News Report
Tags: News, Pat McQuaid, UCI

Nine hours of negotiation finally resolved the impasse between the Union Cycliste Internationale of which Dubliner, Pat McQuaid heads as president and Amaury Sports organisation (ASO) of which the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, Vuleta (Tour of Spain) are members of early yesterday morning. The governing body of the UCI gave the go ahead for [...]