Lappartient was speaking after the UCI Congress, following his 37-8 election victory over Britain's incumbent Brian Cookson.

Having earned a landslide victory over the former President, Lappartinent set his sights on boosting the economic fortunes of men’s professional road racing.

The Frenchman expressed his view that organisers and teams needed to work with the UCI to enhance the value of television rights to increase both parties’ revenues, which would also benefit riders.

He believed this would increase the stability of each of the stakeholders, asserting that while the powerful Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) are considered strong, other organisers are struggling.

Lappartient expressed his view that the UCI being able to sell some television rights could aid the situation.

"The economic model of our sport is not very strong," he said.

"If you look at the sponsors of our teams, most of them are not worldwide but local or national.

"I think we must work with unity between organisers, teams and, of course, riders.

"We need to get everyone around the table and work out how we can increase the revenue of cycling, while we must also discuss how we share these revenues.

"In some places, we might have to compromise.

"It would be good to have a system where the UCI can organise and sell some television rights, working with the organisers on a voluntary basis, which would be a good way to increase the revenues.

"One organiser is able to earn money, which is good for them, but if you take the other organisers some of them are not in a strong situation, as well as teams.

"We need to create value and share it in our sport, otherwise we will never solve the problem."

Lappartient claimed the global television rights for cycling globally were not at a high level in comparison to other major sports.

He asserted that stakeholders would need to have unity to ultimately increase the economic side of the sport, while indicating the standard of television coverage would need to rise further.

The sale of potential television rights by the UCI, Lappartient suggested, could benefit women’s cycling.

While acknowledging women’s cycling had made considerable progress since the launch of the Women’s WorldTour at the start of 2016, Lappartient claims a marquee stage race is required to further enhance its exposure.

The Giro Rosa is considered the most prestigious women’s stage race on the calendar, with this year’s event featuring 10 stages.

The next longest stage race is the Women’s Tour, which is held over five days in Britain.

"We have wonderful classics and some of them are on live television," Lappartient said.

"But we do not have a strong stage race, like we have the Tour de France for the men.

"Without this kind of race, I think it will be difficult to promote women’s cycling.

"I think organisers must also take care of this, it is part of our global responsibility, not only for the UCI but for the top organisers.

"I think they can do more on this.

"When we talk about television rights, maybe we could start with the women's race, because I think it would be a good example.

"It is not just about selling the rights, but making sure the race is on television, it is something very important for us."

Lappartient, who admits he has had a close relationship with the ASO, claimed he would speak with the organiser about the prospect of developing a longer stage race.

The ASO-backed La Course, held alongside the Tour de France, was extended to a two-day event this year.

The previous three editions were held as a one-day race.

"I think it would be helpful," Lappartient said, regarding the prospect of a longer stage race.

"Maybe if they had a 10-day race, that would be really wonderful.

"They have the expertise, the relationships with the media.

"I will speak to them about this, but with other organisers, but it would be nice to have them with us."

The UCI President also queried whether all the existing Women's WorldTour teams had the stability for the existing programme of races.

He suggested between 10 or 12 teams, boasting strong structures and the ability to pay riders, could make up the Women's WorldTour in the future.

It was also revealed that the men’s and women’s team time trial events at the UCI Road World Championships look set to be scrapped after the 2019 edition in Yorkshire.

A boycott of the men’s event was averted last year, but the cost of participating has led to a decline in popularity of the race amongst some trade teams.

Team Sunweb won both the men’s and women’s team time trials here in Bergen.