Knowledge Base

Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union)

• The UCI’s main missions and values.

- The UCI’s mission is to develop and promote cycling, in close collaboration with the
National federations (NF), as a competitive sport with its associated values (effort,
achievement and fair play), as a recreational activity that is good for health and also as an
environmentally-friendly means of transport.
• The UCI Regulations must be incorporated into national federation regulations.
- The constitutions and regulations of the federations must not contradict those of the UCI.
• The UCI has two official languages.
- French and English
• The location of UCI headquarters.
- World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland
• Responsibility for training and appointing Commissaires.
• The UCI logo and its ownership
- The logo and its reproduction, as well as the name “International Cycling
Union” and the abbreviation “UCI” are the property of the International Cycling Union and
may not be used without its consent.

• Description of the organisation of the national federation of their country.

• Description of the operation of the national federation of their country.
• Explanation of how the Commissaires of their country are instructed and appointed.

• Familiarity with the Continental Confederations.

• Awareness of the issues concerning the continental calendar of events.

• The ability to explain the importance of the role of a Commissaire to a third party.
• Knowledge of what those involved in cycling expect from a UCI Commissaire.
• The president of the Commissaires’ panel role as a manager.
• Representing the UCI.