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Matilda Price

'The three or four richest teams hoover up all the best young riders' – Tour de France director backs salary cap for professional cycling

Tour de France peloton rides through the countryside.

Christian Prudhomme, the race director of the Tour de France, has said that he is in favour of a salary cap for professional cycling teams in order to foster "real competition" in the peloton.

In a wide-ranging interview with Andy McGrath for The Athletic, Prudhomme lifts the lid on his 20-year tenure as the Tour race director and planning for the event, but was also asked about wider issues in the sport, including a salary cap.

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