Cyclingnews' recent coverage of the ProTour-Grand Tours split

Coverage starts February 1, 2005. The Union Cycliste Internationale has galvanised the three powerful owners of the world's Grand Tours - the Giro, the Tour and Vuelta - in opposition to its ProTour plans, with TV rights the stumbling block.

October 4, 2008 - New ASO chief to maintain values
September 26, 2008 - UCI declares peace, appoints new VP
August 30, 2008 - UCI re-signs five ProTour races
August 22, 2008 - ProTour: Bouncing back or lame duck?
August 19, 2008 - Stapleton analyses 'world calendar'
August 18, 2008 - Feedback on 'world calendar'
August 18, 2008 - UCI announces 'world calendar' July 20, 2008 - Team managers want UCI involved
July 19, 2008 - UCI must be part of new system, Holczer says
July 17, 2008 - UCI unhappy with ProTour rejection
July 16, 2008 - Sport reacts to ProTour meltdown
July 16, 2008 - Teams to UCI: ProTour is dead
July 15, 2008 - All teams decide to leave UCI ProTour series
July 4, 2008 - ASO vs. UCI: Condemned to repeat history?
July 4, 2008 - Cofidis will not renew ProTour license
June 26, 2008 - AFLD delayed in pre-Tour de France doping controls
June 14, 2008 - FFC removed from Worlds bid, ASO hints at Vuelta plans
June 13, 2008 - UCI suspends French Federation
June 6, 2008 - Tour team participation contracts signed
June 6, 2008 - ASO buys 49 percent stake in Vuelta
June 5, 2008 - No Olympic bans for Tour riders
June 5, 2008 - McQuaid reacts to Tour de France moving outside UCI
June 4, 2008 - ASO confirms Tour de France sanctioned by FFC
June 1, 2008 - Tour de France to be sanctioned by FFC, not UCI
March 26, 2008 - CPA, UCI to increase communication
March 16, 2008 - FFC president asks UCI board to resign, UCI suspends AIGCP contact
March 14, 2008 - ASO races become state affair
March 14, 2008 - McQuaid: Riders are the victims
March 9, 2008 - Cancellara not pleased with UCI's battle, Prudhomme happy - McQuaid not, Silence-Lotto explains Paris-Nice reasoning
March 8, 2008 - Teams vote on Paris-Nice, UCI: ASO resorting to blackmail
March 7, 2008 - CAS may not be competent in Paris-Nice dispute, Cycling Australia alerts riders, Gerolsteiner signs on
March 7, 2008 - Hushovd not afraid, CAS to decide on Paris-Nice sanctions, Riders, teams stand up to UCI
March 6, 2008 - Tour de France participation rules revised?, Three teams yet to name Paris-Nice line-ups
March 6, 2008 - IPCT calls for peace through arbitration, French upset by threatened consequences for Paris-Nice participation
March 5, 2008 - ASO reacts to UCI threats
March 5, 2008 - UCI threatens teams and riders with bans and fines, Teams react, McQuaid refuses meeting
March 4, 2008 - European Cycling Union votes against Paris-Nice plans, McQuaid responds to meeting
March 2, 2008 - UCI says Paris-Nice agreement not unanimous
March 1, 2008 - Teams to request amendment to ASO agreement
February 29, 2008 - McQuaid: ASO deliberately stirring up disharmony, French federation signs agreement with ASO, claims UCI intimidation
February 28, 2008 - UCI cautions teams over Paris-Nice participation contract
February 28, 2008 - Teams decide in favor of Paris Nice, McQuaid: Teams have the power to resist
February 27, 2008 - ASO: Paris-Nice will take place, McQuaid: ASO's attitude totally wrong, ASO appoints AFLD for Paris-Nice
February 26, 2008 - UCI threatens ASO over Paris-Nice actions
February 7, 2008 - Teams to meet with Grand Tour bosses
February 7, 2008 - McQuaid calls out problems with Grand Tour invites
February 5, 2008 - Astana reacts to Giro decision
February 4, 2008 - Giro invites ripple through ProTour
February 2, 2008 - Some ProTour teams without Giro invites
January 30, 2008 - Tour de France insists on freedom of choice
January 27, 2008 - UCI and federations make progress
January 30, 2008 - Tour de France insists on freedom of choice
January 27, 2008 - UCI and federations make progress
January 26, 2008 - UCI seeks solution to federations row
January 23, 2008 - GT vs. UCI war spills over to European federations
December 7, 2007 - GT organisers' races outside of UCI calendar?
September 28, 2007 - UCI unveils ProTour calendar
September 26, 2007 - ASO vs. UCI - quo vadis, cycling?
September 23, 2007 - ASO lashes out at UCI
September 22, 2007 - Reinventing the ProTour: the calm after the storm?
September 20, 2007 - Grand Tours out of ProTour
September 18, 2007 - The great divide: An interview with Patrice Clerc
August 23, 2007 - UCI will consider ProTour modifications
August 1, 2007 - UCI and ASO make up?
July 29, 2007 - ASO distances itself further from UCI
July 27, 2007 - Prudhomme critical of UCI
July 27, 2007 - WADA calls summit as UCI tensions rise
May 5, 2007 - Clerc responds to Denmark race director
April 27, 2007 - 'Unibet exclusion is not legal'
April 25, 2007 - Unibet to pursue damages after ASO denies Flèche Wallonne start, UCI loses court case, EU official supports Unibet
April 24, 2007 - McQuaid appeals Spanish authorities for DNA comparisons
April 21, 2007 - UCI begins legal action against ASO
April 12, 2007 - Feature: McQuaid says UCI will take legal action
April 11, 2007 - UCI to take legal action against GT organisers
April 10, 2007 - ASO's Unibet.com snub expands to Belgian events
March 24, 2007 - Unibet.com ignored for Paris-Roubaix
March 21, 2007 - ProTour meeting in mid-April - UCI expresses concerns over honouring of agreement
March 10, 2007 - Unibet Paris-Nice appeal fails
March 9, 2007 - Paris-Nice again a UCI event
March 7, 2007 - Unibet takes legal action against ASO over Paris-Nice, RCS Sport: 'the license system is dead'
March 7, 2007 - Unibet still lacking assurances, will consider legal action, ASO: Unibet invite against French law
March 6, 2007 - ProTour crisis gets peace deal
March 4, 2007 - Zomegnan and Amadio respond to IPCT meeting
March 3, 2007 - IPCT calls for 'last chance meeting'
March 2, 2007 - Clerc: "UCI is killing ProTour"
March 1, 2007 - Paris-Nice to decide Tour de France teams?
March 1, 2007 - Unibet.com appeals for solution to ProTour conflict
February 26, 2007 - McQuaid meets with ProTour managers in California
February 25, 2007 - Teams deny Paris-Nice participation
February 24, 2007 - UCI lambastes ASO & cuts ties to Paris-Nice, CPA calls for conflict resolution
February 23, 2007 - ToC: Team directors shocked over Paris-Nice, RCS Sport maintains stance
February 23, 2007 - Cycling team managers committed to Paris-Nice
February 22, 2007 - Paris-Nice plunged into uncertainty
February 22, 2007 - UCI instructs all ProTour teams to not race Paris-Nice
February 17, 2007 - UCI in contact with ASO: Prepared to meet but concessions need to be made by both sides
February 13, 2007 - RCS Sport holds firm - Unibet.com snubbed for Tirreno, Sanremo and Giro
February 5, 2007 - Hammond and Rider's Council back ProTour in Paris-Nice row
February 4, 2007 - Vuelta stands firm behind ASO
February 3, 2007 - McQuaid: UCI doesn't want to stop Paris-Nice, Opinions divided on Paris-Nice
February 2, 2007 - UCI threatens to pull Paris-Nice ProTour status
January 31, 2007 - UCI remains committed to ProTour but prepared to negotiate
January 23, 2007 - Patrice Clerc interview: "We're not afraid"
January 13, 2007 - ASO: No Unibet in Paris-Nice
January 10, 2007: UCI take ProTour issue to European Commission
January 7, 2007: ProTour proposes eight-man grand tour teams
December 13, 2006: ProTour split resumes
September 23, 2006: UCI wants ProTour TV rights
July 30, 2006: Belgians turn against ProTour
July 9, 2006: Clerc: "Negotiations over ProTour dead", McQuaid reacts to rejection of ProTour
April 24, 2006: ProTour teams create interest group
April 19, 2006: ProTour conflict moving towards resolution
March 29, 2006: McQuaid cautiously optimistic
March 19, 2006: ProTour council meets again
March 9, 2006: Saronni: no advantages in ProTour yet
March 6, 2006: Unibet protests against ProTour
March 3, 2006: ProTour versus GT organizers stoush: round 2, March 6
January 29, 2006: Bruyneel on ProTour - GT organisers must come to the table
January 23, 2006: UCI pres Pat McQuaid at the JCTDU: ProTour peace talks, expansion & the kilo
January 8, 2006: ProTour teams back UCI
December 18, 2005: Patrice Clerc: Staying true to principles
December 17, 2005: Discovery Channel's Bruyneel evaluates ProTour/Grand Tour split
December 16, 2005: Clerc "perplexed at UCI's inconsistency"
December 13, 2005: McQuaid: The ProTour is the best way forward
December 13, 2005: UCI: ProTeam sponsors support ProTour
December 12, 2005: Everyone back to their seats: Vuelta a España director Victor Cordero speaks on ProTour stand-off
December 10, 2005: UCI versus Grand Tour organisers: The gloves are off
December 9, 2005: Grand Tour organisers split from ProTour
November 26, 2005: ProTour can go it alone, says McQuaid
November 16, 2005: ProTour Council rejects Giro half-stages
October 16, 2005: AG2R sole candidate for 20th ProTour license
October 10, 2005: ProTour points system to be revised
October 4, 2005: ProTour: too many races?
September 23, 2005: McQuaid wins presidential election, ProTour changes
September 19, 2005: Belda criticises ProTour
August 8, 2005: UCI and Teams align against Grand Tour organisers
July 27 , 2005: Concerns remain for Giro boss Angelo Zomegnan
July 2, 2005: ProTour popular among fans
June 7, 2005: RAGT Semences assistant DS hits out at ProTour
June 7, 2005: ProTour applications
May 11, 2005: ProTour teams reach agreement w/ Vuelta over start money
April 27, 2005: No ProTour teams at Castilla y Leon
April 20, 2005: ProTour teams and Giro still at loggerheads
April 17, 2005: ProTour teams may boycott Giro and Vuelta
April 14, 2005: ProTour polemics continue
April 13, 2005: Inaugural ProTour meeting held
April 6, 2005: Euskaltel's ProTour fears & hopes
March 25, 2005: Patrice Clerc: The ProTour has nothing to do with magic
March 22, 2005: ProTour: ASO unhappy with UCI plans
March 7, 2005: The ProTour is go
March 6, 2005: Chill winds blow on ProTour debut in Paris
March 1, 2005: CPA rejects ProTour Ethical Charter
February 24, 2005: ProTour debate: Grand Tours back down...for now
February 1, 2005: Verbruggen keeps pushing the ProTour
February 1, 2005: Phonak in ProTour after all
January 25, 2005: Leblanc remains distant on ProTour expansion
December 27, 2004: ProTour teams sign Ethical Charter
December 14, 2004: ProTour teams agree to ethical charter
December 11, 2004: UCI: Grand Tours back in ProTour
December 7, 2004: UCI: ASO in "serious attempt to make ProTour fail"
December 6, 2004: Casagrande unhappy about ProTour
December 3, 2004: ProTour saga continues
November 30, 2004: Grand Tours back in ProTour
November 22, 2004: Ster Elektrotoer links up with Protour
November 19, 2004: Acqua & Sapone hope for ProTour slot
November 14, 2004: Phonak out of ProTour
October 30, 2004: Complicated negotiations stall ProTour progress
October 15, 2004: UCI/ASO issue ProTour statement
October 14, 2004: ProTour TTT takes shape
October 10, 2004: Tour de France still against ProTour
October 7, 2004: Final ProTour teams announced
October 3, 2004: ProTour stalemate: 2005 changes up in the air, Worried race organizers ponder Pro Tour turmoil
October 1, 2004: UCI abandons ProTour launch
September 29, 2004: The French uprising against the ProTour
September 28, 2004: ProTour: Belgian federation asks ASO to reconsider
September 26, 2004: Whither the ProTour?
September 25, 2004: **Grand Tours say No to ProTour
September 9, 2004: UCI adds four ProTour teams, Possible ProTour schedule
September 2, 2004: ProTour doubts for Euskaltel
August 6, 2004: Poll finds ProTour not well explained
July 23, 2004: Countdown to ProTour
July 10, 2004: UCI extends ProTour application deadline
July 2, 2004: First ProTour team selection
June 12, 2004: UCI announces ProTour license candidates
June 7, 2004: Saeco opts out of ProTour
June 4, 2004: RAGT sits out ProTour
June 2, 2004: Four Spanish squads ask for ProTour slot
May 20, 2004: ProTour protests
May 6, 2004: More organisers denounce ProTour
May 4, 2004: ProTour calendar changes
April 23, 2004: UCI formalises ProTour
April 17, 2004: Verbruggen rejects ProTour critiques
April 16, 2004: More criticism of UCI ProTour
February 26, 2004: UCI ProTour puts noses out of joint
February 10, 2004: Saiz supports ProTour plan
February 8, 2004: UCI ProTour may put an end to Tour de Langkawi
February 1, 2004: UCI ProTour takes shape