FILE PHOTO: Team Drops cyclists participate in the Ovo Energy Women's Tour in Yorkshire, Britain June 12, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media. Pete McHugh via REUTERS
LONDON (Reuters) - Bob Varney could be excused at times for thinking he is pedalling a up Mont Ventoux with a flat tyre as he tries to keep Britain's only professional women's cycling team on the road.
Things are so tight for his Drops team, launched by the 59-year-old businessman in 2016, that his 10 riders are unpaid and the team bus, a "converted horsebox" might have to be sold.
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