The International Cycling Union (UCI) has acceded to requests to reduce the size of the pelotons at its Grand Tour road events, while the Tour de France’s 2018 edition has been rescheduled to avoid a conflict with next year’s edition of national team football tournament the Fifa World Cup.
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