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VeloNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alberto Contador said his decision to stay with Astana for 2010 was the best option to allow him to reload for the Tour de France. Following a tumultuous season with the return of Lance Armstrong, Contador was mulling moving to several teams, but finally settled on staying with Astana after he couldn’t break the final year of his contract. Astana was given the green light from the UCI to maintain...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
MADRID (Reuters) - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador confirmed on Thursday he would remain with the Astana team for 2010.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Aigle, Switzerland - The Astana cycling team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been granted one of the 17 licences to race on the 2010 ProTour Calender by the International Cycling Union (UCI), although with certain preconditions. The Kaz...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Deciding to remain within the sport after some time contemplating retirement, the 2006 Tour de France winner Oscar Pereiro will look to regain his best form in time for next year’s race. The motivation for that is not to chase personal success, but rather to help compatriot Alberto Contador take what would be his third Tour victory. Speaking on the Radio Galega programme, the 32-year-old said...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
• Kazakh-backed team must provide bank assurances • Team Sky and RadioShack also gain race licences Alberto Contador's Astana team have been registered to race on the International Cycling Union's ProTour calendar next year. The UCI approved the Kazakh-backed team's 2010 season entry today but wants assurances, which it expects to receive soon, that Astana can cover their budget next year....
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ABC (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Kazakh cycling team Astana, home of Spanish Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, has secured a place on next year's ProTour, official sources have announced.
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The Kazakh cycling team Astana, home of Spanish Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, have secured a place on next year's ProTour, official sources announced on Wednesday. Astana are one of 17 teams to have passed the International Cycling Union's (UCI) entry exam but Italian team Lampre, whose leader is Damiano Cunego, failed to meet the necessary requirements. The assessment procedure, which...
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Alberto Contador's Astana team was registered on Wednesday to race on the International Cycling Union's ProTour calendar of events next year.
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The UCI ProTour commission today approved the registration of the Astana team for 2010, thus ensuring that it will retain both its ProTour licence and the services of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. The existence of the Kazakhstan squad had been under serious threat due to a series of late payments this season. The financial troubles led to extra demands from the UCI, including a bank guarantee...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana team is again in doubt after cycling's ruling body made new demands ...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana team is again in doubt after cycling's ruling body made new demands for financial guarantees.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
• Kazakh Cycling Federation says Astana may not meet deadline • Team had seemed secure after government offered support The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana cycling team is again in doubt after the sport's ruling body demanded new financial guarantees. The Kazakh Cycling Federation's deputy president, Nikolai Proskurin, said today that the International Cycling...
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cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Haimar Zubeldia has confirmed that he will be joining the mass exodus of talent from Astana to RadioShack. The 32-year-old Spanish rider has managed to extricate himself from the final year of a two-year deal he had signed with the Kazakh team in order to follow Johan Bruyneel and Co to the new American team. Speaking to Todociclismo.com , Zubeldia admitted that he had thought long and hard about...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana team is again in doubt after cycling's ruling body made new demands for financial guarantees.
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