Vuelta a España: organisers distance themselves from decision to neutralise TTT

Vuelta a España organisers Unipublic have expressed painfully guarded neutrality in the face of the UCI’s decision on Friday that the race's opening 7.4 kilometre team time trial will only count for the teams classification. However, all the signs were that Unipublic’s boss, Javier Guillén, was quietly but firmly in disagreement at the decision, which effectively means that the 2015 Vuelta GC battle will be one stage short of a Grand Tour load, and will only start on Sunday.

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