UCI declares peace, appoints new VP

The International Cycling Union announced that its conflict with the Grand Tour organisers has ended after a meeting during the World Championships in Varese, Italy on Thursday. The UCI has been at odds with the three groups which organise the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España since the inception of the UCI ProTour.

The sport's governing body issued a statement that read simply, "The International Cycling Union and the Editions Philippe Amaury (owner of ASO and Société du Tour de France), RCS and Unipulbic have signed an agreements today to put an end to the disputes that have existed over the past four years.