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*** UCI President A Member Of IOC ***

Vancouver B.C., Canada ( UCI News ) -- 02/12/2010
The UCI President elected as member of IOC.


File Photo - UCI Pat McQuaid.

The President of the International Cycling Union Pat McQuaid was elected
as a member of the International Olympic Committee in Vancouver today.

The nomination of Mr McQuaid, sixty years old, was decided at the 122nd
Session of the IOC, organised alongside the XXI Winter Olympic Games.

The outstanding election of Mr McQuaid, a former professional cyclist
who was appointed UCI President in 2005 and re-elected for a second
term in 2009, is an extremely important sign of recognition for the
sport of cycling as a whole.

After the departure of the former UCI President Hein Verbruggen,
member of the IOC from 1996 to 2008, and currently an honorary
member of the institution, cycling will again be represented within the
principal world sporting movement by the President of the International
Federation. This continuation will allow our sport, one of the founders of
the modern Olympic Games, to continue to dedicate itself to serving the
Olympic ideals in the best possible way.

Immediately after his election, the President McQuaid - who is also
Vice President of ASOIF and a member of the World Anti-Doping
Agency’s Foundation Board – wished to thank the members of the
IOC for their confidence:

“In choosing me to be part of the most important sporting assembly
in the world, the members of the IOC have acknowledged the value
of cycling’s commitment to the Olympic movement.

With four disciplines on the Olympic programme, our sport certainly
features among those that contribute the most to the success of this
sporting event, and we are proud of the role that road and track on
the one hand, and mountain bike and BMX on the other, play in the
balance between tradition and modernity which characterises the
Olympic Games.”

“I am very happy to have Pat McQuaid on board the IOC”, said IOC
President Jacques Rogge. “As a former cyclist Pat knows the sport
inside out and has done a tremendous job since his election at the
head of the UCI.

He has been instrumental in strengthening the reputation of his
Federation and rejuvenating the cycling programme at the Olympic
Games. He brings a great expertise and we look forward to working
with him in the future”, Rogge added.

In this positive context, the large family of world cycling expresses
its sincere gratitude to the UCI President Pat McQuaid for his activity
serving sport and wishes him all the best in his new role as an IOC
member.

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