timmers said:
This is why your good intentions get lost! There are a lot of people who work for the UCI who you say are corrupt! I suspect that a lot of the people there are just trying to do their job!
Absolutely. I agree. Lots of well intentioned people being directed by a corrupt few.
From here, there is an endless argument about the ethics involved in being relatively honest yet directed to do things that aren't ethical.
That doesn't change the suspicion money from the sport is being passed "out of band" to important people at the UCI. It's a staple of some IOC sports. (ex. FIFA, IAAF)
And FYI, promoters are the ones who apply for running championship cycling events. Yes, the national federation assist, but the money for the rights to the event come from a promoter and usually that's sourced from public funds. The UCI's prices for licensing the events is likely ridiculous such that it makes almost no financial sense, thus the lack of interest in licensing the events. But, 'financial sense' is often unimportant and numbers fabricated to fit. See Ponferrada.