The latest reform of professional cycling, the UCI ProTour, started with Paris-Nice. Subject to a lot of discussion within the world of cycling, the new calendar has received both applause and criticism - the latter in particular by the organisers of the three Grand Tours, ASO, RCS and Unipublic.
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