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s of the

UCI UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer In ...

form

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s by

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. In the

Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...

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

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, Uruguay, and is presently headquartered in

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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, the ...

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

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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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