Vatican Cycling

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Vatican Cycling
Sport Cycling
Jurisdiction Vatican City
Affiliation International Cycling Union
Affiliation date2021
Regional affiliation European Cycling Union
Affiliation date2021
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Vatican Cycling is the official governing body for the sport of cycling in the Vatican City.

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History

Vatican Cycling became the a member of the International Cycling Union in September 2021. [1] [2] Vatican Cycling was the first sports federation from Vatican City to gain official membership of its sport's world governing body. [3]

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References

  1. @DLappartient (24 September 2021). "A warm welcome to the National Federations of Equatorial Guinea, Solomon Islands, South Sudan and the Vatican, affi…" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  2. ""Christ on a bike!" Vatican City officially becomes a UCI cycling federation; Some cyclists are rejoicing at UK petrol shortages; Ineos switch to Bioracer for 2022; Disc brake 'conspiracy' comments; Ex-pro banned for 9 years + more on the live blog". road.cc. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
  3. "Vatican Taekwondo becomes World Taekwondo member".