The UCI has sanctioned women’s Continental Team Cynisca Cycling after they were deemed to have participated in fraud with a team mechanic presenting as one of their riders at the start of the Argenta Classic last July.
In the governing body’s reconstruction of events, the American team were required to have five riders to compete at the race, but the four “physically present at the venue” were instructed to “lie about the whereabouts of a fifth rider” under instructions from Sports Director, Danny Van Haute to state she was present but ill.
