Cookson responds to Verbruggen's letter
UCI president Brian Cookson said that he will not enter into public debate with former incumbent Hein Verbruggen, who wrote a 3,350-word letter to the UCI Management Committee in which he dismissed Cookson’s request for him to step down from his position as honorary president.
Cookson called for Verbruggen’s resignation from the honorary role last month in the wake of the publication of the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) report. Although CIRC found no evidence that the UCI had covered up a positive test for Lance Armstrong, its report cited "numerous examples that prove Lance Armstrong benefited from a preferential status afforded by the UCI leadership".
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Following publication of the CIRC report, Cookson wrote to Verbruggen formally requesting that he step down but the Dutchman responded by penning a defiant letter to the Management Committee, which was published in full by Belgian newspaper De Morgen on Monday.
Contacted by Cyclingnews for a response, Cookson said: “I think Mr Verbruggen's letter speaks for itself. Those who have read the CIRC report will understand where the UCI went wrong in the past, including the conflicts it needlessly got into and which seriously damaged its credibility. I was elected to change the way the UCI conducts itself and I won't be drawn into this kind of public conflict.”
Gerdemann in the Amstel break
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