Radio Shack gets Pro Tour license
Lance Armstrong’s new Radio Shack cycling team has been granted a Pro Tour license for the next four years. The Pro Tour license gives the team automatic inclusion in many of cycling’s key events.
The International Cycling Union said on Friday that it has granted Team RadioShack a license to compete in ProTour races for the 2010-13 seasons. The team still needs an invitation to race in next year’s Tour de France and Giro d’Italia.
The season-long ProTour series includes one-day classics such as the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands and Belgium’s Tour of Flanders, plus stage races such as the Dauphine Libere in France and Switzerland’s Tour de Romandie.
Armstrong’s former team, the Kazakhstan based Astana squad is still awaiting word on their Pro Tour status. Financial worries and significant management changes have cast doubt on the future of the team of 2009 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador.
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