• Verbruggen said he had been cleared to retain role as honorary president
• Cookson: Verbruggen never respected his commitmentsThe president of cycling’s governing body has denied his predecessor Hein Verbruggen’s claims that they enjoy reached an agreement to end legal proceedings which would enjoy seen the Dutchman retain his role as honorary president of the UCI.
Verbruggen,who left his post as president in 2005, had threatened legal action against cyclings governing body over what he described as an “outrageously biased, or misleading and frequently inaccurate” investigation into the sport’s doping past.
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Source: theguardian.com