The Union Cycliste Internationale was founded 14 April 1900 in Paris by five national federations. Under IOC pressure it split into separate amateur and professional bodies in 1965, reunifying them in 1992 when it moved headquarters to Aigle, Switzerland. It has faced sustained doping controversy, including Floyd Landis's allegation that the UCI accepted a bribe from Lance Armstrong to cover up a positive drug test, and it introduced a mandatory helmet rule after the 2003 death of rider Andrei Kivilev at Paris-Nice. In May 2015 it approved a race held in Crimea, drawing criticism as the only international federation to have undermined Ukraine's territorial integrity in this way. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Body TypeInternational federation 1 FoundedFounded 14 April 1900 in Paris by the federations of Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland and the United States. HeadquartersAigle, Switzerland (since 1992) 1 FoundersFounded by the national cycling federations of Belgium, the United States, France, Italy and Switzerland. 1 Body Type
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The UCI was founded on 14 April 1900 in Paris by the national cycling sports organisations of Belgium, the United States, France, Italy, and Switzerland.
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Union Cycliste Internationale (French pronunciation: [ynjɔ̃ siklist ɛ̃tɛʁnɑsjɔnal]
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Why did the UCI make helmets mandatory in professional cycling?
Following Andrei Kivilev's death at the 2003 Paris-Nice, the UCI made helmets mandatory in road racing from 5 May 2003.
The UCI introduced mandatory helmet rules for professional road racing on 5 May 2003, days after rider Andrei Kivilev died from a head injury at the 2003 Paris-Nice. The 2003 Giro d'Italia was the first major race held under the new rules. The initial rules still allowed riders to remove their helmets on long final climbs, but later revisions made helmet use mandatory at all times.
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