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Tour of Britain future in balance in £700k legal dispute

The future of the UK’s premier cycle race, the Tour of Britain, is hanging in the balance after British Cycling revoked organiser SweetSpot’s race licence last week over alleged unpaid licence fees.

A joint investigation between and revealed that British Cycling had withdrawn “with immediate effect” from a longterm licensing deal that was in place with SweetSpot. BC

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