Spanish Formula 1 driver and two-time world champion Fernando Alonso isn't giving up. After his attempt to buy the World Tour license of the outgoing Euskaltel-Euskadi team failed, his manager Luis Garcia Abad announced to La Gazzetta dello Sport that Alonso will present his team on the first rest day of the 2014 Tour de France. "We have... read more
What sounded so promising just a few weeks ago has now come to an abrupt end before it even really began: The takeover of the financially troubled Euskaltel-Euskadi team, which, in addition to Beijing Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez, also boasts the two Germans André Schulze and Steffen Radochla, has fallen through. It seems that the... read more
# Fernando Alonso is making good on his promise. Two-time F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso, together with his sponsors, will purchase the Euskaltel-Euskadi team. The purchase agreement also includes the team's World Tour license. This provides the financially struggling team with unexpected last-minute support. Alonso, who is known as a friend of Alberto Contador and as a … read more
