The Union Cycliste Internationale is the world governing body for sports cycling and oversees international competitive cycling events. The UCI is based in Aigle, Switzerland.
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, time trialling, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sports include artistic cycling, cycle polo, freestyle BMX and mountain bike trials. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the world governing body for cycling and international competitive cycling events. The International Human Powered Vehicle Association is the governing body for human-powered vehicles that imposes far fewer restrictions on their design than does the UCI. The UltraMarathon Cycling Association is the governing body for many ultra-distance cycling races.
Russell Downing is an English cyclist riding for Holdsworth. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing. He has competed largely on the UCI Continental Tour and in British Premier Calendar races.
Joseph Michael "Joe" Papp is a disgraced former professional American road racing cyclist and U.S. National cycling team member, author, and convicted doper and drug distributor. A dual Irish–American citizen, Papp was born in Ohio and raised in Western Pennsylvania, where he attended high school and university. Early in his career, Papp was a member of the Pittsburgh Power, a professional team in the National Cycle League owned by Franco Harris. He also rode as a stagiare with Montgomery-Bell, but finished his career in 2006 riding for the Italian teams Partizan-Whistle and Team Bianchi-Cinghiale, after starting the year with Hong Kong-based Champion System.
The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2001 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It as rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race, then promoted to 2.1 category in 2014. The race is organized by the Korea Cycling Federation.
Jeremy Yates is a former New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who last rode for the Manisaspor Continental Cycling Team.
Hossein Askari is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, who was suspended for one year for doping in 2013 and 2014.
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963.
Amir Zargari is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, who rides for the Pishgaman-Giant Team. He has previously rode for UCI ProTeam Ag2r–La Mondiale.
Mehdi Sohrabi is an Iranian professional racing cyclist, who as of 2013 rides for the Pishgaman Cycling Team. In 2010 and 2011, Sohrabi won the UCI Asia Tour. At the end of the 2011 season, Sohrabi had many UCI-points, and because of this was contracted by UCI ProTeam Lotto–Belisol, that needed these points to secure their ProTeam status for the next season. After one year as a rider for Lotto–Belisol, Sohrabi returned to his former team in 2013. After two years he moved to the Tabriz Shahrdari Team, from where a year later he was already in the Pishgaman Cycling Team where he is still today.
Rafaâ Chtioui is a Tunisian road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Continental team VIB Sports.
Hossein Alizadeh is an Iranian cyclist. Hossein, the former national champion, is an extremely powerful climber and, at his best, matches the best time-trialists. He is both able to sustain a high intensity during long, steep climb and he is feared and famous in Asia tours for his explosive attacks that often leaves the front group split into pieces. In 2010, when he was 22, he took his 1st & international stage win as well as the overall win in Tour de East Java. Then the same year in Tour of Qinghai Lake (2.HC) placed 2nd in mountain classification & 9th in Overall. In 2012, after winning the Tour of Qinghai Lake as well as the mountain classification, he won the UCI Asia Tour. Hossein, by moving from TPT to Amore & Vita was hopeful to race in Europe but due to the reason the team was registered from Ukraine, couldn't get the visa, so was not able to race in Europe tours.
Samad Pourseyedi is an Iranian cyclist who last rode for Tabriz Shahrdary Team.
Ahad Kazemi Sarai is an Iranian cyclist riding for the Tabriz Petrochemical Team.
Abdelbasset Hannachi is an Algerian cyclist riding for the Sharjah Team.
Tobias Erler is a German former road cyclist.
Rahim Ememi was an Iranian cyclist who last rode for Pishgaman Cycling Team before being banned for over seven years for a doping infraction.
Ramin Mehrabani Azar is an Iranian cyclist.
Mohammad Rajablou is an Iranian cyclist.
Abbas Saeidi Tanha is an Iranian former cyclist.
