Smaller teams could be one way of spicing up the Grand Tours, Brian Cookson, president of cycling's governing body UCI, said on Saturday. The Olympic road races in Rio produced two epic races, full of incidents and attacks and were both decided in the last kilometer with Anna van der Breggen snatching the women's race and Greg Van Avermaet the men's after last-ditch chases. A maximum of four riders were eligible from any one nation, meaning the kind of control of the peloton enjoyed by Team Sky at the Tour de France was not possible. More...