UCI looks at capping Sky-high salaries

Sport's leader backs wage limit to redress competitive balance

PARIS - New International Cycling Union (UCI) president David Lappartient told AFP on Thursday that he would support a salary cap as the sport looks at ways of improving competitiveness and avoiding the sort of dominance that Team Sky has enjoyed in recent years.

"We should be able to pay an athlete as much as we want, but if we pay a lot for one rider, we have a bit less money and that balances our strengths," said Lappartient, who defeated incumbent Briton Brian Cookson in a vote to decide the sport's leadership in Bergen, Norway in September.