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I'm thinking it may be whole load of meh (except I hope myour mate keeps his job). I certainly don't think Cookson has fulfilled the promises when he beat McQuaid, but he was certainly moving in the right direction. However he was doing so much to the chagrin of many, Marc Madiot was scathing of him, accusing him of prioritising races like The Surrey Classic and other monied yet less traditional races over the more storied, continental ones. I certainly see this as a power shift back to mainland Europe and France, and traditional European racing. What it will mean for innovation, I doubt there will much, and there's a good chance the women's side will suffer. Instead I think there will be more luddism from the French, talk again of banning race radios and power meters.
Jimmy_Fingers-
The UCI needs root and branch reform, you can't govern sport through committees and vested interests.
Cookson gets criticised for his efforts here, but he tried at least.
Lappartient seems totally focused on pro men's road racing, but that's just a small part of what the UCI does. I wish him well, but one of his campaign promises was to immediately introduce stiffer penalties for motorised doping, which doesn't seem like a priority to me.
andyp
That's a beating in anyone's language.
I'm really not sure it's for the best though, Laparrtient has done nothing for women's cycling whilst in charge at the French Federation and the sport really doesn't need ASO in an even more dominant position.