New president of the International Cycling Union elected

Baku. 21 September. REPORT.AZ/ The new president of the International Cycling Union (ICC) has been identified.

Report informs, David Lappartient was elected International Cycling Union (UCI) president on Thursday at the Congress in Bergen, France.

Lappartient, the French federation president from 2009-2017, won 37 of the 45 votes by the UCI delegates at the governing body's congress during the road cycling world championships in Bergen, Norway.

David Lappartient has been the President of the European Cycling Union (UEC) since 2013.

Notably, Azerbaijan's First Vice President of the Cycling Federation, member of the Steering Committee of the European Cycling Union Sahib Alakbarov and Secretary General Farhad Aliyev represented Azerbaijan at the Congress. F. Aliyev participated in the UCI presidential election as one of 15 UEC's authorized representatives.