New Chinese team will have a bigger budget than Team Sky, according to CEO

Tim Kay says the new team aims to win the Tour de France by 2025

The peloton at the Giro d'Italia (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

A new Chinese team plans to make a splash into cycling with a huge budget, new business approach and massive ambition to help secure future investment.

Team CEO Tim Kay is rounding up investors to debut China's first top tier cycling team, with support from Brian Smith and Shane Sutton, in 2020.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.