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  "description": "With the statement that pro road racing has \"regressed further\" apparel brand Rapha issued an updated version of its roadmap for the sport, first published in 2019.\n\nRapha CEO Fran Millar noted that the UCI has issued its own call for reform and development ideas, but was scathing about the progress – or rather lack of it – the sport has shown in the seven years since the initial Rapha report. \"The problems identified in the Rapha Roadmap seven years ago are the same problems the UCI's own consu",
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  "textContent": "With the statement that pro road racing has \"regressed further\" apparel brand Rapha issued an updated version of its roadmap for the sport, first published in 2019.\n\nRapha CEO Fran Millar noted that the UCI has issued its own call for reform and development ideas, but was scathing about the progress – or rather lack of it – the sport has shown in the seven years since the initial Rapha report. \"The problems identified in the Rapha Roadmap seven years ago are the same problems the UCI's own consultation letter acknowledged in February 2026,\" Millar said in a foreword accompanying the report. Millar, the former CEO of Ineos Grenadiers, pulled few punches about where the blame lay. Arguing that the sport's financial bottom line doesn't match its popularity, she wrote, \"the sport also has an ineffectual governance system that often seems to prioritise self-preservation over growth.\"\n\nThe new roadmap, which is an updated version of the original written by The Outer Line newsletter writers Steve Maxwell and Joe Harris, also incorporates elements of an independent critique and plan recently published by pro rider (and _Escape_ contributor) Joe Laverick on his Substack. Millar implored the UCI to put its recommendations to use, but as with any reform project in the sport, the key to progress may lie less with the sport's governing body than other powerful stakeholders like Tour de France promoter ASO.",
  "title": "Rapha reissues 'roadmap' for reforming pro cycling",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-30T16:22:59.217Z"
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