Astana stays ProTour; Lampre rejected

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Oscar Pereiro signs with Astana, contingent on official ProTour status

http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/7026/oscar-pereiro-gaat-nu-naar-astana.html

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by umwolverine on Nov 25, 2009 3:01 PM EST reply actions

Damn it...

wanted him to go to Quick Step and Allan Davis to go to Astana.

by cyclingdiva on Nov 25, 2009 6:37 PM EST up reply actions

With regard to the Astana team,

the UCI wishes to state that in response to the difficulties that this team had paying its riders’ salaries last season, the UPTC President, Mr Vittorio Adorni, last May requested the Licence Commission to withdraw the licence held by the Kazakh team.
The subsequent intervention of team executives allowed a solution to the problem to be implemented for the year 2009. The request for withdrawal presented by the UPTC President was then suspended. Looking forward to the 2010 season, the UCI requested the Kazakh team to provide an additional bank guarantee so that the regrettable situation in 2009 would not be repeated and so that the request for the withdrawal of the Astana licence would not have to be reactivated.
This request is not connected in any way to the registration procedure for UCI ProTeams mentioned above but to the request for the withdrawal of the Astana licence that would have to be reactivated if the bank guarantee is not provided.
The UCI awaits this bank guarantee and is confident it will be provided soon.

by lucybears on Nov 25, 2009 4:26 PM EST reply actions

To clarify, Lampre still holds its PT license, it's this year's registration that has been rejected.

Now apparently there will be a procedure to determine whether the license will be withdrawn (or, presumably, things can be fixed to make the reg go forward…Gavia, Pete from CF, anyone?).

by Ed K on Nov 25, 2009 6:22 PM EST reply actions

Lampre

From Velonation:

It is not clear whether the problem with Lampre-Farnese Vini is proof of finances, or if it has to do with the departures of former world champion Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio to the BMC Racing Team, along with Marzio Bruseghin (Caisse d’Epargne), Marco Bandiera (Team Katusha), and Paolo Tiralongo and Enrico Gasparotto to Contador’s Astana team.

"Drawing on my fine command of language I said nothing."- Groucho

by Mark Frank on Nov 25, 2009 7:25 PM EST reply actions

or just punishment

for years of bad kit

Moo

by Willj on Nov 25, 2009 7:58 PM EST up reply actions

Obligatory

by tedvdw on Nov 25, 2009 8:32 PM EST up reply actions

oh god

"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09

by Ben Shave on Nov 25, 2009 8:47 PM EST up reply actions

Hell Ted

are you trying to start a hotitude thread with that steamy pic?

Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy

by Phil H. on Nov 25, 2009 9:55 PM EST up reply actions

Benna in 10 years.

ducks

by ursula on Nov 26, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions

Well might you duck!!!

"If I were World Road Race Champion, I would wear black shorts. That probably has more to do with me being on the wiser side of 30 and understanding better that the decisions I make now never really go away. White shorts would not be something I'd be proud of...." - David Millar, in Rouleur.

by Albertina on Nov 26, 2009 4:56 AM EST up reply actions