Tour de France may withdraw from 2016 UCI calendar (Reuters)
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Tour de France organizers ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) have threatened to withdraw their races from the International Cycling Union calendar over a lack of progress in the UCI’s reform program, Reuters has learned. A source close to the UCI’s management committee told Reuters that ASO had sent a letter saying they would withdraw from the 2016 calendar if the reforms do not go forward, with their main concerns centered on ensuring major race dates do not clash. There is no risk of the Tour and the ASO’s other major races not taking place but they could do so outside the umbrella of cycling’s governing body, leading to a potentially damaging split.