Cycling-France's Lappartient elected UCI president

ByReuters

Published 21/09/2017 at 10:22 GMT

BERGEN, Norway, Sept 21 (Reuters) - France's David Lappartient has been elected as International Cycling Union (UCI) president by beating incumbent Brian Cookson of Britain on Thursday.

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Lappartient, the European Cycling Union (UEC) president, is the first Frenchman to take charge of the global body since Achille Joinard (1947-57). (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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