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Explainer: The UCI and the teams are locked in a power struggle. Why?

The 2020 season is ticking along, but behind the scenes, all is not well in the sport of professional cycling, with an ongoing dispute between the sport’s governing body and the teams continuing to escalate. If you’ve got a passing interest in the sport’s governance, you’ll have seen signs of a widening divide and intensifying …

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UCI president mulls gravel world championships within next few years

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The rapid growth of gravel racing has not gone unnoticed by the UCI. Cycling’s global governing body may not currently have a deep involvement in the gravel scene, where major events are largely administered independently, but that could soon change, as UCI president David Lappartient explained in a wide-ranging roundtable interview this week in Adelaide. …

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The weekly spin: Ineos courting Carapaz highlights need for WorldTour budget cap

Even though they didn’t factor in the race, Team Ineos is now at the center of the narrative surrounding the 2019 Giro d’Italia champion. Ineos didn’t win a stage at the Giro, or do much to influence the general classification; its top-ranked rider was 21-year-old Pavel Sivakov, who finished ninth overall and second in the …

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