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Another Look at Worlds Qualification

Thank heavens for astute (and polite) readers! As someone commented after Wednesday’s post, I seem to have overlooked something in my discussion of the UCI’s procedure for determining the number of starters for each nation in the Worlds road race. In a nutshell, the UCI World/Pro Tour ranking is only used to determine the first … Continue reading

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Is Worlds a Sham?

In this week’s Monday Musette I mentioned my shock over the fact that traditional cycling nations such as France and the Netherlands will have their numbers reduced in this year’s World Championship road race due to the fact that both nations will—as of August 15th—be outside of the Top-10 in the UCI’s World Rankings. Now, … Continue reading

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