27 Oct 2012

Cycling chiefs unveil Pinocchio as mascot

12:25 pm on 27 October 2012

World cycling chiefs have unveiled an unlikely mascot for next year's UCI World Road Race Championships in Italy, with the ongoing fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal - Pinocchio.

The International Cycling Union has come under increasing scrutiny over its handling of the Armstrong affair, and the choice of the wooden, fictional character - whose nose grows when he lies - could be seen as highly unfortunate.