Earlier today UCI President Brian Cookson issued a statement to the press announcing the names of the three persons, which have been chosen as members of what the UCI says is an independent commission, which will examine allegations of illicit activities and wrongdoing within the UCI under former presidents Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen.

Lance Armstrong has launched a kinder, nicer offensive.

Lance Armstrong claims former International Cycling Union president Hein Verbruggen instigated a cover-up of his doping at the 1999 Tour de France.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has contacted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to start discussions for an independent investigation into cycling's governing body, new UCI president Brian Cookson said earlier today.

With embattled UCI president Pat McQuaid in an intense contest for his job against British challenger Brian Cookson, the cycling body's election rules are suddenly set to be changed.

Pat McQuaid gets more bad news & Spain tries to outlaw doping?

The UCI is asking for rule enforcement, but why now?

It's 2013 and time for harsher punishments.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) disbanded what is claimed was an independent commission put together to review any involvement the cycling governing body had in the Lance Armstrong scandal, saying it will go ahead with a "truth and reconciliation commission" instead.

UCI Honorary President Hein Verbruggen says the International Cycling Union (UCI) held meetings with riders, including Lance Armstrong, to warn them when suspicious test values showed they were coming close to testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.