No certainty for Team Alonso
The strength of the headline: ‘Team Alonso will race 2015’ is not matched by the statement in the quote from the UCI in the penultimate paragraph of the story:
“We very much welcome Fernando Alonso’s interest and look forward to discussing further with him and his advisors. We’d be very, very happy if the team is created for 2015. However, any application for a place in the WorldTour will have to comply with the same regulations as those followed by every other team.”
What do you think?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-team-alonso-will-race-in-2015
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