UCI intensifies Tour rift
ByReuters
Published 10/01/2007 at 14:22 GMT
World cycling's governing body the UCI is preparing a formal complaint to the European Commission about the organisers of the three big Tours -- the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of Spain.
CYCLING 2006 Tour de France Prudhomme announcing Basso, Mancebo, Ullrich out
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The trio, known as the Grands Tours, broke ranks with the UCI last month to set their own conditions for participation outside the UCI's ProTour circuit.
They said that they wanted to return to a "more open sporting model."
The UCI said: "The organisers of the Grands Tours have acted as a cartel in order to protect their own dominant position in the field of professional road cycling."
The ProTour, open only to elite teams, includes the big three Tours.
The initiative has been plagued by disagreements between the UCI, the big Tours, teams and national federations.
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