Tour de l'Avenir back to the roots

By Hedwig Kröner

The 44th Tour de l'Avenir, an Espoir stage race starting off today in Belle-Île-en-Mer, Bretagne, has returned to its former concept of national teams. Up until 1980, the event solely featured national squads instead of the mix with trade teams of recent years, but French organiser ASO has changed the formula for this year. Moreover, the maximum age for participating riders has been downgraded to 23 instead of the former 25.

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