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UCI boss slams colluding ASO and French sports ministry
PARIS, March 7, 2008 (AFP) - World cycling chief Pat McQuaid on Friday
stoked the feud with race organisers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO),
accusing them of colluding to form a private league with the backing of the
French sports ministry.
International Cycling Union (UCI) president McQuaid made his accusations in
a column in French daily Le Monde just two days [...]
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by Ryland James
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November 30th, 1999PARIS, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - Cyclists due to compete in the Paris-Nice stage race have asked organisers to make amendments to a proposed teams’ contract, which in midweek prompted anger from the sport’s world ruling body.
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