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  "description": "Although stars like Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, and Florian Lipowitz are all in attendance at the Tour de Romandie this year, a whopping four WorldTeams opted to skip the race, with Uno-X Mobility, Lotto-Intermarché, Decathlon-CMA CGM, and Alpecin-Premier Tech all taking advantage of UCI rules allowing top-division teams to miss one top-division race each year. Despite the \"blow\" to his start list, race organizer Richard Chassot expressed some understanding of the teams' decision in a conversa",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T17:51:46.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Although stars like Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, and Florian Lipowitz are all in attendance at the Tour de Romandie this year, a whopping four WorldTeams opted to skip the race, with Uno-X Mobility, Lotto-Intermarché, Decathlon-CMA CGM, and Alpecin-Premier Tech all taking advantage of UCI rules allowing top-division teams to miss one top-division race each year. Despite the \"blow\" to his start list, race organizer Richard Chassot expressed some understanding of the teams' decision in a conversation with _Wielerflits_.\n\n\"There are many races taking place on the different continents, so I do understand the teams to some extent,\" Chassot said, noting that Classics-oriented teams were always unlikely to attend and that Decathlon had explained to organizers that only the sprint-focused squad was available to race a Tour de Romandie bereft of sprint opportunities.\n\n\"It’s a mixed feeling,\" Chassot said. \"I don’t mind so much if a few teams don’t show up, but as I said, right now it really is a lot. In principle, for safety reasons, it’s not even that bad to have a peloton of 130 riders. There are a lot of crashes in the peloton these days and things are getting faster and faster. So I don’t necessarily need a peloton of 200 riders at the start. And you have to share the calendar a bit, that’s logical.\" [Wielerflits]",
  "title": "Romandie organizer talks absent WorldTeams: 'You have to share the calendar a bit'",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-29T03:43:09.335Z"
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