TEAMS VOTE TO RIDE PARIS-NICE

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With only two days until the start of Paris-Nice, the race and the sport of cycling remains mired in uncertainty after the Association of Professional Cycling Teams (AIGCP) confirmed they would start and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled they cannot intervene in the dispute between race organisers ASO and the International Cycling Union (UCI).

Late on Friday afternoon, AIGCP President Eric Boyer announced that the teams had voted in favour of riding Paris-Nice in an emergency meeting in Paris. He revealed that 15 teams voted in favour, eight abstained from making any decision, while one team left before the final vote.

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