The Spaniard Fernando Alonso gets down to business. After negotiations to take over the Euskaltel-Euskadi team failed, he announced that he would present his team on the first rest day of the 2014 Tour de France. The goal is to ride with WorldTour status from the 2015 season.
According to Spanish media reports, Alonso has now taken the first step on this path and registered his team with the UCI. How "AS" and "El Mundo" write, the corresponding application was submitted to the World Cycling Federation on Monday. The team is initially on the name "FACT" listen, where is the abbreviation for "Fernando Alonso Cycling Team" stands.