David Lappartient advices involved parties against pursuing One Cycling as the UCI would then draw consequences

The One Cycling was being developed mostly behind the scenes, but when the key moment of presenting UCI with the product arrived last month, UCI said 'no'. Since then, the project backed by Saudi Arabian SURJ Sports Investment fund seems to have come to a halt. And UCI president David Lappartient continues to advice teams against the project, threatening legal actions from the federation.

Lappartient warns in his letter obtained by Cyclingnews that "The way in which the joint venture between teams, organisers and the investor would operate meant that they would de facto take over authority to determine a hierarchy among events of the UCI WorldTour and UCI Women's WorldTour by deciding which events would be part of the OneCycling Series and those which would not."

Lappartient also warned that the "joint venture would also enable its members to impose their terms on other stakeholders and, through collective actions, undermine the interests of entities which are not part of the project.

"Such a pattern, with certain stakeholders collectively compelling others to agree to their terms, gives rise to serious sporting – and potentially competition – concerns and creates a potential conflict of interest."

Lappartient then put the teams and organisers who might be considering to overrule UCI's verdict and continue on their own 'on notice' regarding such actions.

"Given the media reports which state that the proposed OneCycling project may still proceed in spite of the UCI MC (Management Committee) decision, it seems appropriate to put the stakeholders of cycling on notice that pursuing with the project without authorisation would lead to unauthorised links between teams and organisers and potential proceedings which can lead to the withdrawal of events' registration from the UCI WorldTour and UCI Women's WorldTour calendars by the UCI Management Committee," his letter reads.

"With regard to teams, the UCI Licence Commission may order the withdrawal of UCI WorldTeams and UCI Women's WorldTeams' licences. In this respect, the decision of the UCI MC is clear that the OneCycling project and the proposed joint venture are not authorised and would create links which are forbidden under the UCI Regulations."