Cycling journalist believes governing body blocked him from world championships for critical reporting

Iain Treloar says Union Cycliste International blacklisted him after he examined its links to a Turkmen autocrat and a Russian billionaire

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A respected cycling journalist who was twice blocked from attending the Wollongong world cycling championships believes he has been blacklisted for reporting on the governing body's links to a notoriously repressive regime and a Russian billionaire under sanctions.

Investigative journalist Iain Treloar's recent reporting has posed uncomfortable questions for the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) - the powerful governing body for world cycling.

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