Newly elected UCI president David Lappartient has continued to make bold statements about his plans for the future of cycling in a series of interviews. Lappartient's latest pledge is to try and reduce Grand Tour teams to just six riders.
"At the time, there were 10 riders in the teams, and we managed to go down to nine, but I'm going to go further, and six riders per team would be better," Lappartient said in an interview with French radio station RMC.
Grand Tour teams are already set for a trim with numbers being reduced from nine to eight for the 2018 season. Other WorldTour races will see teams of seven taking part compared to the previous eight. The move to cut team numbers was a controversial one and has been blamed by some for the reduction in squad sizes with lots of WorldTour teams shedding riders from their rosters.
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Increased safety has been put forward as a reason for such changes, along with more exciting racing. However, a reduction to six riders per team for a Grand Tour will no doubt be met by resistance by many.
Talansky wins his first triathlon
Andrew Talansky kicked off his career in triathlon with a victory in the Olympic distance event at the Marin County Triathlon in Northern California.
Talansky retired from professional cycling in September after nine years with the Slipstream Sports organisation. He then made his intentions to transition into professional Ironman distance triathlon earlier this month.
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