A little over a week before the vote, the two candidates for the presidency of the International Cycling Union (UCI) are firing their last shots. The British Brian Cookson has just put forward an idea: an amnesty or a reduction in sentences for repentant doping riders. “We certainly need to encourage people to tell the truth, so I guess there should be some sort of amnesty or reduced punishment in this case,” he told AFP. Opponent of Pat McQuaid, the outgoing president, Brian Cookson wants the truth to come out once and for all “so that we no longer have this continual drip of information and confessions, forced or voluntary, like that. 'happened throughout this year'.
