Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen has launched an attack on Brian Cookson, the man currently at the reins of cycling’s governing body. In an article on his newly-launched website entitled ‘Brian Cookson’s frustration,’ Verbruggen claims that Cookson was left frustrated by the Cycling Independent Reform Commission’s inability to unearth proof of corruption in the UCI’s past, and hence was forced to “change his 'cover-ups' mantra into one about 'significant decisions that caused damage to the UCI,' all of which is based on a clearly biased report.”
The highly-anticipated CIRC report came out in March and while it was unable to find proof of corruption within the UCI, it voiced concerned about certain aspects within the organisation and Verbruggen’s running of it. On his website, Verbruggen has published a series of articles where he states his belief that the intention of the CIRC was not to uncover the sport’s past but specifically to target the UCI and its alleged cover-ups during his time as president.
“He [Cookson] was convinced that there must be cover-ups. Who gave him this conviction, particularly as he was a UCI Board Member and so a front-row observer of how the UCI actually operated? I suppose WADA did,” writes Verbruggen.
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WADA and the UCI
At the bottom of a series of bullet-point conclusions at the end of the article, Verbruggen continues to question the relationship between the UCI and WADA. He believes that CIRC followed Cookson’s example by putting the sole blame for the conflict between the two organisations on the UCI.
Verbruggen also questions Cookson’s belief that WADA should be involved in any anti-doping investigation, saying that it “automatically results in WADA being shielded against scrutiny of its own wrongdoings.”
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