If ASO does not make a move very rapidly, there may well be no calendar space for its major event. Assuming that ASO’s plans do come to fruition, La Course will have played a vital part in the process. This was partly because some writers had already interviewed the La Course winner on the finish line but it was telling nonetheless. La Course began as a criterium up and down the Champs-Elysées from 2014-16. The men’s Tour de France has reached its limit in terms of expansion: bolting any more racing on is hard to do.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2019 07:52 UTC