Within two months of that incident, the Hess team who had aimed so high when launching two years earlier had collapsed. Gone were the aims to have one of the biggest budgets on the ever-growing UCI Women's World Tour, putting Britain back on the cycling map with a world-beating team. Replaced by riders and team members who felt let down and remain - one year after the team's demise - out of pocket. With one year to go until the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes roll into the UK to inspire another generation of cyclists, BBC Sport asks: Why is it so hard to run a cycling team? The Hess team's demise centres around the loss of their title sponsor after they pulled out in response to media coverage of a civil claim against "one of the team's directors" over a separate business venture.