The 195th Congress of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) was held today in Montréal, Quebec (Canada), as part of the 2026 UCI Road World Championships taking place in the city from 20 to 27 September.

The UCI Congress brought together representatives of 117 UCI member National Federations from five continents.

During a dedicated ceremony, Congress participants were able to discover the various UCI World Championships awarded for the 2027–2034 period by the Management Committee of the International Federation at its recent meeting. In total, the host cities of 19 UCI World Championships in 11 countries were unveiled:

• 2027 UCI Mountain Bike Eliminator World Championships: Dushanbe (Tajikistan);
• 2027 UCI Snow Bike World Championships: Châtel (France);
• 2027 and 2028 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships: Mugello (Italy);
• 2028 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships: Wevelgem (Belgium);
• 2028 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships: Castro (Italy), replacing Cape Town (South Africa), where the event was originally due to take place;
• 2028 and 2029 UCI Masters Track World Championships: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France);
• 2028 and 2029 UCI Masters Mountain Bike World Championships: Aprica (Italy);
• 2029 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships: Atlixco, Puebla (Mexico);
• 2030 UCI BMX Racing World Championships: Valmiera (Latvia);
• 2030 UCI Gravel World Championships: Turnhout (Belgium);
• 2031 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships: Benidorm (Spain);
• 2032 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships: Fyn (Denmark);
• 2032 UCI BMX Racing World Championships: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France);
• 2032 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships: Mont-Sainte-Anne (Canada);
• 2032 UCI Road World Championships: Pune (India);
• 2034 UCI Road and Para Cycling Road World Championships: the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe (Netherlands).

They also saw a presentation on the 2027 UCI Cycling World Championships, which will bring together 20 separate UCI World Championships in Haute-Savoie Mont-Blanc (France) from 25 August to 5 September next year. The event was presented in detail by Martial Saddier, President of the Haute-Savoie Departmental Council, Michel Callot, President of the Fédération Française de Cyclisme and of the event’s Organising Committee, and Bernard Hinault, ambassador for what will be the biggest cycling event ever organised.

A new member joined the UCI at the institution's 2026 Congress, which voted in favour of affiliating the National Federation of the Republic of Kiribati, a state located in the central Pacific, in Oceania. The number of UCI member National Federations now stands at 207. This figure places cycling among the most universal sports in the world.

The Congress also approved the 2025 UCI Annual Report, which includes the consolidated financial statements of the UCI and the UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC), the International Federation's training and education centre. The reserves of the two entities stood at more than CHF 52 million at the end of 2025. In line with the financial plan for a non-Olympic year, the annual loss is absorbed by the surpluses from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will ensure financial balance over the 2025-2028 cycle.

The Congress also approved the UCI's 2027 budget, as well as an updated forecast for 2026. Projected reserves at the end of 2027 were also presented to the Congress and show an excellent level. The UCI continues through the 2025-2028 Olympic cycle in a financial position that allows it to fund the projects it considers strategic, while ensuring steady growth in the budget allocated to cycling development activities around the world.

Finally, the Congress awarded the UCI Merit, a distinction recognising individuals who have shown outstanding commitment to cycling, to the following five people:

• Mr Serge Arsenault (CAN). A young journalist sent to cover the 1974 UCI Road World Championships in Montréal, he went on to become a leading figure in Canadian media and sport. As the creator of several one-day and stage races in the 1980s and 1990s, he played a major role in firmly establishing Canada on the international cycling scene, before launching Canada’s two biggest cycling races: the Grands Prix Cyclistes de Québec and Montréal, both part of the UCI WorldTour.
• Mr Teva Bernadino (TAH). President of the Tahitian Cycling Federation, he has worked tirelessly to develop cycling in Tahiti and throughout French Polynesia, whether through building up his Federation, developing a race calendar – including the Tour Tahiti Nui, the Tour des Vahine (women's race) and the Aito Tahiti Nui BMX Race – youth programmes, or initiatives promoting cycling for all. Teva Bernadino is also Secretary General of the French Polynesia Olympic Committee.
• Ms Agata Lang-Lelangue (POL). A member of the UCI Management Committee and the Professional Cycling Council, and former Vice-President of the European Cycling Union, she is deeply committed to promoting major cycling events in Poland, notably the organisation of the 2010 UEC European Track Championships and the Orlen Nations Grand Prix, a stage race for Under-23 riders. As Vice-President of the Tour de Pologne, she played a key role in relaunching the Tour de Pologne Women.
• Mr Kénelt Léveillé (HAI). President of the Haitian Cycling Federation and a former rider, he has spent more than 10 years building up cycling in his country: creating races, training coaches and officials, and opening up the sport to communities that had never before had access to it through development programmes. His work has been essential in allowing Haitian cycling to exist in what is often a difficult context.
• Ms Tanzila Narbaeva (UZB). President of the Cycling Federation of Uzbekistan, she is a tireless champion of opening up the sport of cycling to as many people as possible. Since her election in 2013, initiatives for young people and women in particular have multiplied in her country, which hosted the 2026 Asian Mountain Bike Championships. A leading political figure, Tanzila Narbaeva is also the first woman to serve as President of the Senate of Uzbekistan.

At the close of the UCI Congress, UCI President David Lappartient stated: 

"I would like to thank all the National Federations gathered in Montréal for their commitment throughout the year. The hosts revealed today shape the map of world cycling for the years to come, and I am particularly delighted that India will host the UCI Road World Championships for the first time, in 2032. In a country that accounts for nearly a fifth of the world's population, this event can become a tremendous catalyst for both competitive cycling and everyday bike riding.

"I would also like to extend my warm congratulations to the five recipients of the UCI Merit, each of whom has, in their own way, helped advance cycling — including Serge Arsenault, whose history with our sport began right here, in Montréal, at the 1974 UCI Road World Championships."