The truth will be ugly, Cookson says as CIRC report looms


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 21 Feb 2015

International Cycling Union (UCI) newly elected president Brian Cookson attends a news conference in Florence September 28, 2013. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito

ST QUENTIN EN YVELINES, France (Reuters) - Cycling should be ready to face an uncomfortable truth when the sport's Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) publishes its report in the coming weeks, said the president of the governing body.

"We've committed to publishing the report they give us and we're not going to get into a (soccer governing body) FIFA type situation of arguing about the report," International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson told reporters at the track cycling world championships.

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