Armstrong team, Radioshack, earns tour licence
Armstrong team, Radioshack, earns tour licence.
American legend Lance Armstrong’s new team, RadioShack, has been given permission to race in many of cycling’s elite events for the next four years.
The International Cycling Union has confirmed it has granted Team RadioShack a licence to compete in ProTour races for the 2010-13 seasons.
But the team still needs an invitation to race in next year’s Tour de France and Giro d’Italia.
The season-long ProTour series will feature 16 races in 2010.
It includes one-day classics such as the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands and Belgium’s Tour of Flanders, plus stage races including the Dauphine Libere in France and Switzerland’s Tour de Romandie.
Membership of the ProTour will likely give teams an advantage from 2011 in gaining entry to the grand tours and prestigious one-day races such as Milan-San Remo and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8311746.stm
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