The Russian Cycling Federation or ФВСР () is the national

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in Russia. Its headquarters are located in Moscow. The President is Igor Viktorovich Makarov, President and proprietor of ITERA International Group of Companies (ITERA Group). The Russian Cycling Federation is a member of the UCI and the UEC. After the

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, the UCI forbade Russian teams from competing in international events. It also stripped Russia of scheduled events. The UEC announced that Russian officials will not be able to officiate at any UEC event, or attend or take part in any UEC meeting, committee, or forum. In November 2023, former Federation cyclist

Mikhail Iakovlev Mikhail Sergeyevich Yakovlev (; ; born 1 September 2000), also known as Mikhail Iakovlev, is an Olympic Israeli unofficial world-record-holding bicycle racing, racing cyclist. Born in Russia, he and his family moved to Israel, and he represents ...

received clearance from the

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to represent

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at the

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. The coach of the Russian national track cycling team Sergey Kovpanets said that "It is a shame that we lose such a talented rider like Mikhail."

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National members of the European Cycling Union

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