MCQUAID REFUSES TO BACK DOWN OVER PROTOUR WAR

Pat McQuaid

UCI President Pat McQuaid has refused to back down in the war with the major race organisers over the ProTour and the teams riding Paris-Nice.

Speaking during the time trial stage of the Tour of California in Solvang on Friday, McQuaid insisted that Paris-Nice organisers ASO have to accept that the UCI can decide the rules of the sport.

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