The UCI Commission will swing into action soon – it will be called the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) – and we now have a more precise idea of its remit. No cycling name is bigger than Armstrong and no scandal will reach his level of infamy. These things are cyclical, the Armstrong Tsunami is almost spent and although there will undoubtedly be nasty little storms to contend with – there will always be somebody trying to beat the system whatever the sport and even a new ‘clean’ cycling should never pretend otherwise – but frankly nothing will ever quite match the last 18 months.
Rather like the recent England Ashes Tour there comes a point when you simply cannot consume another word or listen to another report. I’m no Mystic Meg but as winter camps gather pace and indeed some riders head to Adelaide for the Tour Down Under I sense a 2014 season when the subtleties of racing and winning attract more headlines than in recent years with stories about doping issues beginning to recede slightly, through reader fatigue if nothing else. Brendan Gallagher provides insight into what is going to be a fascinating year for cycling, bookmarking a selection of events, teams and riders, as ‘ones to watch’ for 2014.
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