'There is no other way' – Lappartient bids for control over pro cycling reforms but says UCI is 'ready to consider significant developments'

UCI President David Lappartient delivers a press conference during the UCI 2024 Cycling Road World Championships, in Zurich, on September 28, 2024, a day after the death of Swiss teenage cyclist Muriel Furrer following a head injury during the UCI 2024 Road World Championships. Swiss teenage cyclist Muriel Furrer died on September 27, 2024, a day after suffering a serious head injury in a crash during the women's junior road race at the world championships. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images).

The UCI has called on cycling stakeholders, including riders, teams, and race organisers to come together to work on reforms to the structure of professional cycling.

In a letter signed by the UCI president, David Lappartient made reference to failed initiatives to reform the sport in the past as said "there is no other way" other than to sit down at the UCI table.