The world’s cycling fans will be focused on France starting this Saturday, but not just to see who wins the Tour de France. The long-standing feud over who runs pro cycling may be about to boil over and play out in front of a global audience. On one side is Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the private French family company which owns the Tour and many other prominent races – and the undisputed commercial force in the sport. On the other is the Union Cycliste International (UCI), the international federation which regulates cycling and has historically controlled the pro calendar. Nominally, their current dispute involves overdue but relatively minor calendar and team structure reforms. Behind the scenes however, this feud and on-going impasse is about power and identity, and who will control the future of pro cycling. The UCI has been trying to recast itself as a professional league...