Tashkent City Women's team to close - 'I believe most of them will stop in cycling'

'The project of Tashkent City Team will not continue' source tells Global Peloton of team that delivered much controversy during Tour de France Femmes

The Uzbek women’s team Tashkent City Women’s PCT, made famous for creating controversy during this year’s Tour de France Femmes, has folded with immediate effect.

Tashkent were founded and backed by the Uzbekistan Cycling Federation with the purpose of qualifying riders for the Paris Olympic Games.

The team’s star rider, and their only finisher at the Tour de France Femmes, Yanina Kuskova, posted on her Instagram account on Thursday saying “our team existed for 3 years and it was a great time and now it’s over.”

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A source confirmed the news to Global Peloton saying over a message that “the project of Tashkent City Team will not continue,” giving several reasons for the team’s closure including the completion of the Olympic goal, lack of elite cycling infrastructure in the country and “corruption” among others.