David Lappartient, the president of the French Federation and the European Cycling Union, no longer makes any secret: a candidacy for the presidency of the UCI interests him. It is even part of his projects, in the more or less long term. The Frenchman explained this to the site cyclismactu.net at the start of the week, in response to a question about his personal ambitions at the UCI: “It’s a question that can naturally arise. But it itself raises two questions. Am I interested in the role? I have never hidden that the governance of world cycling is something fascinating. This is why I am president of the UEC. The fact of exercising responsibility has never scared me in the general interest of cycling. Certainly, in the future, the presidency of the UCI could interest me. The question is: When? »
— Published March 9, 2016
