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Garmin gets ProTour license
Garmin-Chipotle has signed on to be part of the UCI ProTour series, the UCI reported Thursday.
The American team was awarded a four-year license to join the beleaguered, season-long series managed by the UCI.
Under a “cease-fire” accord reached with organizers of the three grand tours, a restructured ProTour calendar will be part of a world calendar that marks the return of major races to the UCI fold for 2009.
Under an agreement signed during the recent Varese world championships, ProTour teams will be required to race all ProTour races on the calendar, but will not be guaranteed starts in other races on the calendar.
The UCI also announced that three races – the Vattenfall Cyclassics, Dauphiné Libéré and the Tour du Suisse – were also awarded four-year ProTour licenses valid through 2012.
Other races on the 2009 UCI ProTour calendar include : Tour Down Under (AUS), Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (ESP), Tour de Romandie (SUI), Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (ESP), Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian-San Sebastian (ESP), Tour of Poland (POL) and GP Ouest France-Plouay (FRA).
Other license requests are being studied by the Licenses Commission, the UCI reported.
