Europcar denied WorldTour licence over budget shortfall
Yellow Fluo gets Pro 🐬Conti nod, Cult Energy gets more time
The UCI today announced its decision to deny Europcar a WorldTour licence for♒ the 2015 season, citing financial shortfalls within the team's budget.
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“Concerning Europcar, the Licence Commission has decided to reject the team’s request for registration for the 2015 season,” The UCI said in a statement released today. “The Licence Commission estimates that the team does not fulfill t♑he financial criteria."
The🦹 statement was part of a full repo🎃rt from the Licence Commission, which considered applications for WorldTour and Professional Continental licences from several teams.
It 168澳洲5最新开奖结果🧸:decided to grant Astana a Worl💝dTour bid, despite its recent spate of doping cases, albeit with several conditions ♔including an independent audit and adherence to ꦛthe proposed operational requirements for the 2017 WorldTour reform.
The exclusion from the sport's top tier will be a big blow for the Europcar team, which is seeking a new title sponsor after the car rental company. Jean-René Bernaudeau's team was informed in October th🍸at 2015 would be the en🦋d of Europcar's sponsorship. The UCI can, however, keep the team on in the second division.
"The UCI will be able to evaluate the possibility of registering the team as a UCI Professional Continental Team," the report stated. "In accordance with the UCI Regulations, the registration refusal leads to the withdrawal of the UCI WorldTour Licenꩵce.”
🥃UCI president Brian Cookson said Europcar's situation "is of course regrettable ... but I very much hope th൲at they can continue as a Professional Continental Team."
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Like Astana, the Yellow Fluo squad, this year known as Neri Sottoli, was given Pro Continental status despite the EPO positive of Matteo Rabottini and the team's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:suspension by the Movement for a Credible Cycling (MPCC). It will be registered "on the condition that team unde﷽rgoes stringent controls by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation and the UCI to verify the💖 team’s implementation of its announced anti-doping measures".
Cult Energy, which 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:recently parted with manager Christian Weyland and is looking for a second sponsor, was given until December 15 to amend its application for a Pro Continental licence.
