Following the decision by Tour de France organisers to sign up with the French Cycling Federation (FFC) rather than the International Cycling Union (Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI), the UCI has suspended the FFC.
UCI President Pat McQuaid rebuked the FFC for a lack of loyalty to the UCI and its members and for having breached UCI Statutes and Regulations by actively and openly working outside the UCI framework. The UCI Management Committee imposed a fine of SFr 10,000 (€6,140) on the FFC. The FFC will be suspended until 31 December 2008.
The FFC’s suspension means non-participation in the next UCI Congress, inadmissibility of its candidates for elections, suspension of FFC representatives from committees and commissions, rejection or withdrawal of the organisation of the World Championships.
