Anyone else following this? Looks as if the tussle between the UCI and Amaury Sports is coming to a head. Personally, I back Amaury in this - the UCI has to accept responsibility for the mess cycling is in. Every year it gets worse and it's destroying the sport. The UCI has proven itself incapable of cleaning up the sport. Sponsors are leaving, cycling's reputation is in the gutter, and something needs to change. I bet that if the split affects the Tour, the UCI will discover that they have made themselves irrelevant. People want to see the Tour, and if the UCI turns it into an us-or-them confrontation, I bet they'll find that no-one gives a damn what the UCI says - Le Tour is the thing.