International cycling federation

Doping and defamation lawsuits
The UCI has sued or threatened to sue several cyclists, journalists, and writers for defamation after they accused it of corruption or other misdeeds related to doping.^[13] Many, though not all, of these suits are heard in the Est Vaudois district court of Vevey, Switzerland^[14]
In 2002 UCI sued Festina soigneur Willy Voet over claims in his book Breaking the Chain.^[15] In 2004 the UCI won the case,^[16] and in 2006 won the appeal.^[16] Voet had made various claims about UCI and Verbruggen's behavior related to the Laurent Brochard Lidocaine case at the 1997 UCI Road World Championships.^[17]
In 2006, according to Cycling News, the UCI contacted Greg LeMond after an interview he did in 2006 with L'Equipe, and threatened to sue him for defamation. LeMond mentioned the UCI-commissioned Vrijman report, as well as Operacion Puerto, and called the body "corrupt".^[13]
Another lawsuit was by Hein Verbruggen against WADA Chief Dick Pound in Swiss court regarding his comments about doping and the UCI.^[18] The lawsuit was settled by the parties in 2009.^[19]
In 2011, the UCI sued Floyd Landis in Switzerland after Landis accused the body of several misdeeds, including the aforementioned alleged coverup involving Lance Armstrong and the 2001 Tour de Suisse. In 2012 Cycling News reported that a District Court had ruled for UCI against Landis.^[20]
In 2012 UCI president Pat McQuaid and former president Hein Verbruggen, as well as the UCI itself, sued journalist Paul Kimmage in Switzerland for defamation. In 2013, the President of Cycling Federation of Russia called the UCI Ethics Committee to investigate Pat McQuaid actions after the UCI Licence Commission denied team Katusha a place in the 2013 WorldTour - the action which was promptly reversed.^[21] Kimmage had been a racer and had a long history of investigating doping in the sport, including a book and, more recent to the suit, articles for the Sunday Times and L'Equipe which discussed doping and UCI.^[22] Greg LeMond,^[23] David Walsh and others voiced their support for Kimmage and a legal defense fund was set up to assist him.^[24][25][26]