World Cycling Head Warns Saudis Against Funding Breakaway League

  • UCI chief says he doesn’t see Saudi breakaway league happening
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Wout van Aert during the men’s elite race of the ‘GP Sven Nys’ cyclocross event in Baal.Photographer: Jasper Jacobs/AFP/Getty Images

The head of world cycling’s governing body said Saudi investments are welcome to help stabilize finances in the road racing circuit, as long they don’t create a parallel league.

“When you have stakeholders that want to invest in our sport, I take this positively that there’s an interest in cycling,” UCI President David Lappartient said in an interview during Olympic Games, adding that he had met Saudi officials in Paris.