Alexandre Botcharov

With the opening of cycling outside Europe and the proliferation of teams, the number of the latter had become too great and legibility unclear. In 1997, the UCI decides to convene the twenty-two teams in the UCI ranking by teams in 1st division [12] and the 41 following a second division [13]. The budgets of first division teams evolve from 1.2 (Scrigno-Gaerne, Ceramiche Refin – Mobilette) to 6 million euros (Mapei – GB) [14]. The first division teams have automatically qualified for the...Read Full Story

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