Marc Madiot calls for team budget caps as ‘Big Four’ dominate the WorldTour

SANREMO ITALY MARCH 18 LR Mathieu Van Der Poel of The Netherlands and Team AlpecinDeceuninck Wout Van Aert of Belgium and Team Jumbo Visma Filippo Ganna of Italy and Team INEOS Grenadiers and Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates compete in the breakaway in the Poggio di Sanremo during the 114th MilanoSanremo 2023 a 294km one day race from Abbiategrasso to Sanremo MilanoSanremo UCIWT on March 18 2023 in Sanremo Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Groupama-FDJ manager Marc Madiot has made an all-out appeal for budget caps in the men's WorldTour as four of the 18 teams continue to dominate the racing.

An in-depth report by Belgian newspaper Dernière Heure pointed out that 73 percent of WorldTour races so far this season have been won by four teams: UAE Team Emirates, Jumbo-Visma, Alpecin-Deceuninck and Soudal-QuickStep.