So what's the score on Astana's Licence?

Doobz
Doobz Posts: 2,800
edited October 2009 in Pro race
We were meant to find out yesterday evening no?
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    No

    Mid November. They've met all the requirements thus far
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    quote from CN
    The UCI will announce its decision about Astana on Monday and will decide
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    iainf72 wrote:
    No

    Mid November. They've met all the requirements thus far

    Bertie has been spouting off about his future being decided yesterday or today, based on the UCI making their call on Astana's licence this week?


    When did it all change and become mid-November?


    have all the news outlets got it wrong?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Here's the latest:
    http://www.as.com/ciclismo/articulo/cic ... icic_1/Tes

    Kazakhstan’s parliament approved yesterday a budget for continued financing of Astana, the team of Tour de France 2009 winner Alberto Contador, reports Spanish sports journal as.com.

    The move has come just in time for the team to submit all the paperwork to the UCI by today's deadline in order that their ProTour license be renewed. Economic issues were the main problem and it already seems to be arranged.

    It’s not the solution that Contador liked best. He had preferred to gain the liberty to move to another team (he has offers from Caisse d’Epargne, Garmin and Quick Step), but if Astana has a ProTour license, he will have to fulfill the remaining year on his contract.

    In any case, Contador took advantage of the Tour presentation to have an aside with the director of the race, Christian Prudhomme, who guaranteed Contador that he would dispute the Tour whatever his team might be.

    If he remains with Astana, as current conditions indicate, his problem will be to count on a solid team to defend him in the Tour.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Cyclingweekly have it on their site but the November date is from mcquaid
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    iainf72 wrote:
    the November date is from mcquaid

    So it might be this week, next week, December or sometime next year ? :lol:
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    andy_wrx wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    the November date is from mcquaid

    So it might be this week, next week, December or sometime next year ? :lol:

    two weeks before the giro probably :P
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Here's my take

    - Astana are from Asia and despite them being problematic, it suits the UCI to have a team from outside Europe
    - ASO saying Contador will get a ride means Astana won't be a zombie team a-la Unibet so if they do let them keep their licence it will look like its of some value
    - Rumpf has said there will be 18 teams

    Astana are in similar positions to Sky and the Shack. They don't have a full contingent of riders but they're nearly there and certainly have star power.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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