UEC votes to back Cookson as UCI president

The members of the Union Européenne de Cyclisme (UEC) have voted 27-10 to back Brian Cookson as the next UCI president.

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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.