Union Cycliste Internationale fires one across the bow
UCI President Pat McQuaid sent a letter today to all ProTour teams and officials.
To me the letter is pretty forthright and meant to hit the Amaury Sport Organisation hard, a direct and open challenge to the ASO’s decision to exclude Astana from all their events.
This one is heating up fast, folks.
UPDATE: Just a few more thoughts…
What happens next if ASO tries to call UCI’s bluff (if it even is a bluff)? Will a similar letter go out regarding sanctions if ProTour riders participate in the Tour de France? Consider Le Tour with no doping controls—probably Christian Prudhomme’s worst nightmare. Will ASO have to scramble to find someone to take over all the things the UCI provides? Is that even possible?
And something else: why the hardball only with ASO and Le Tour? What about the Giro d’Italia and RCS Sport? Long-time pissing contest between UCI and ASO or something else?
Looking forward to answers to these questions and so many more.
