The national

federation A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government ( federalism). In a federation, the self-govern ...

s of the UCI form

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s by

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. In the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

, this body is the Confederación Panamericana de Ciclismo (the Pan American Cycling Confederation), also shortened to COPACI. COPACI was founded in 1922 in Montevideo and is presently headquartered in

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. COPACI serves as the sponsor of the annual

Pan American Road and Track Championships The Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cy ...

and a key organisation for the

UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th ...

Member Federations

As of June 2021, COPACI consists of 44 full member federations and 5 associate member federations. One of its members, the Mexican Cycling Federation, is currently suspended from the UCI.

Full members

Associate members

Former members

Following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, its cycling federation was also disbanded and replaced with those of the three Caribbean member countries of the

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(Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten).

References

External links

COPACI official website
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