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James Shrubsall

Key Tour de France warm-up race reduced from eight to five days as it aims for sustainability and equality

Riders in the Tour de Suisse waved on by a Swiss flag.

The Tour de Suisse, one of the key warm-up races for the Tour de France, has announced a major overhaul, aimed at becoming sustainable.

Perhaps the biggest change will see the men's event reduced from eight to five days. However, the women's and men's WorldTour races will now be held at the same time (the women usually race in the preceding week to the men).

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