November 27/08 10:10 am - UCI Registers 18 Teams for 2009 ProTour

Posted by Editoress on 11/27/08
 

UCI Registers 18 Teams for 2009 ProTour
Courtesy UCI

The UCI ProTour council (CUPT) has ruled on the applications for registration submitted by the UCI ProTeams and candidates for a ProTour licence.

Each year, teams are required to submit an application with full supporting documentation to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). This procedure, which is carried out on the UCI's behalf by Ernst & Young, allows the UCI to ensure that all these teams meet the requirements set under the regulations, and the legal and financial aspects in particular.

After an examination of the applications, the CUPT registered the following 18 teams:

• AG2R La Mondiale (FRA)
• Astana (KAZ)
• BBox Bouygues Telecom (FRA)
• Caisse d'Epargne (ESP)
• Cofidis, le crédit en ligne (FRA)
• Euskaltel-Euskadi (ESP)
• Française des Jeux (FRA)
• Garmin-Slipstream (USA)
• Katusha (RUS)
• Lampre-N.G.C. (ITA)
• Liquigas (ITA)
• Team Milram (GER)
• Quick Step (BEL)
• Rabobank (NED)
• Fuji-Servetto* (ESP)
• Saxo Bank - IT Factory (DEN)
• Silence-Lotto (BEL)
• Team Columbia (USA)

*Formerly Scott-American Beef

Sixteen of these teams already hold a UCI ProTour licence: