Cycling-Froome’s motorhome plan for Tour scuppered by UCI (Reuters)
Team Sky’s plan to put Chris Froome up in a private motorhome for the Tour de France was scuppered on Friday when cycling’s governing body ruled that riders must stay in official hotels during all road stage races. The team wanted the 2013 champion to stay in a motorhome during next month’s race to avoid having to adapt to different hotel conditions on a daily basis. “In all road stage races on the international calendar the organisers must cover the subsistence expenses of the teams from the night before the start to the final day,” the UCI’s management committee said in a statement.