Team Radioshack Granted Pro Tour License

Lance Armstrong’s new Team Readioshack has been given permission to race in many of cycling’s top events for the next four years.

The International Cycling Union said on Friday that it has granted Team RadioShack a license to compete in ProTour races for the 2010-13 seasons. The team still needs an invitation to race in next year’s Tour de France and Giro d’Italia.

The season-long ProTour series includes one-day classics such as the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands and Belgium’s Tour of Flanders, plus stage races such as the Dauphine Libere in France and Switzerland’s Tour de Romandie.

lance Armstrong rode for the Kazakh-backed Astana roster when he finished third in this year’s Tour. He announced afterward that he was leaving to create his own team.

Source: AP

Horner Signs With Team Radio Shack

American Chris Horner has signed a two-year deal with Lance Armstrong's Team Radio Shack for 2010.

Team Radio Shack has already signed up Horner's Astana team-mates Levi Leipheimer, Sergio Paulhino, Haimar Zubeldia and Andreas Kloden.

2010 team roster

NAME................................FORMER TEAM

	Lance Armstrong		Astana
	Janez Brajkovic		Astana
	Ben Hermans		Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
	Chris Horner		Astana
	Andreas Klöden		Astana
	Daryl Impey		Barloworld
	Markel Irizar		Euskaltel-Euskadi
	Levi Leipheimer		Astana
	Geoffroy Lequatre		Agritubel
	Tiago Machado		Madeinox - Boavista
	Nikolas Maes		Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
	Sérgio Paulinho		Astana
	Grégory Rast		Astana
	Sebastien Rosseler		Quick Step
	José Luis Rubiera]		Astana
	Gert Steegmans		Team Katusha
	Tomas Vaitkus		Astana
	Haimar Zubeldia		Astana