The Swiss town home to the Union Cycliste Internationale headquarters is Aigle.
The UCI is cycling’s worldwide governing body, responsible for international competition, race regulations, rider licensing, rankings and the UCI World Championships. Its headquarters are located at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, in Switzerland’s canton of Vaud.
Aigle is not one of Switzerland’s largest cities, which makes it an easy location to confuse with Geneva, Lausanne or Bern. Lausanne is nearby and is strongly associated with international sport because it hosts the International Olympic Committee, but it is not the UCI’s headquarters town.
The World Cycling Centre opened in 2002 to mark the UCI’s centenary. It includes an indoor velodrome, BMX facilities and training spaces, so the headquarters sits alongside a working international cycling centre rather than in a conventional urban office district. The UCI itself was founded in Paris in 1900 before eventually relocating to Aigle.