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Grand Tours without Contador?

Posted on 01/11/2012 by Editor

Next year’s Grand Tours could be missing Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank (and therefore Alberto Contador) after the Danish team failed to make the grade for their WorldTour licence, leaving them fighting for wildcard places. The UCI award team points based, in … Continue reading →

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Saxo Bank Name TdF Squad

Posted on 22/06/2012 by Editor

Danish-based Team Saxo Bank have named their nine riders for this year’s Tour de France, they are: Juan José Haedo, Jonathan Cantwell, Nick Nuyens, Chris Anker Sørensen, Nicki Sørensen, Michael Mørkøv, Anders Lund, Karsten Kroon and Sergio Paulinho.   Commenting … Continue reading →

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Saxo Banks on Contador (Again)

Posted on 09/06/2012 by Editor

Danish-based Team Saxo Bank have officially announced that disgraced Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will rejoin them on August 5, following the serving out of his suspension for doping offences which dated back to the 2010 TdF. Following a tortuously protracted … Continue reading →

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Cantwell Crashes Out

Posted on 05/04/2012 by Editor

A week of very mixed fortunes for Team Saxo Bank, earlier this week it was announced that they would be allowed to continue to hold their World Tour licence (which was in doubt after the Alberto Contador doping affair), but … Continue reading →

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Race Back on for Saxo Bank

Posted on 03/04/2012 by Editor

What must have been an agonizing wait for Team Saxo Bank is finally over with the announcement yesterday (April 2) that they would be allowed to retain their World Tour license through 2012. Problems arose after Alberto Contador was given … Continue reading →

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