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Podcast: RadioCycling
Episode: Jumbo-QuickStep merger latest; Bahrain seek 2nd sponsor; Thibaut Pinot Ultras head for Lombardy; Guangxi returns after 3-year break
Description: The European road season may be heading for its grand finale in Lombardy this weekend, but there's no end yet to the talk of mergers. As uncertainty continues to linger over the men's peloton, these are RadioCycling's headlines... Blood on the carpet – with the UCI weighing in as the Jumbo-Visma/Soudal-QuickStep merger meltdown continues, we examine the latest developments in this ongoing saga. Is SQS boss Patrick Lefevere the good guy? And what of Richard Plugge, the Jumbo-Visma boss who's also the head of the professional teams' association. Has his reputation been tarnished?Money, money, money...