British cycling team - Team Sky have been given their UCI (International Cycling Union) Pro Tour registration.
The British team, based in Manchester, were one of seventeen teams who passed the registration stage which is done on an annual basis and sees all teams checked by the UCI to ensure they have the necessary financial and administration arrangements in place in order to compete in the 2010 season.
Team Sky now have both their Pro Tour Licence and registration which are seperate and will be able to compete in all UCI events.
The seventeens Pro Tour team registered by the Pro Tour Council are:
AG2R La Mondiale (Fra)
Astana (Kaz)
Caisse d’Epargne (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa)
Footon-Servetto (Spa)
Française des Jeux (Fra)
Garmin-Slipstream (USA)
Liquigas-Doimo (Ita)
Omega Pharma-Lotto (Bel)
Quick Step (Bel)
Rabobank (Ned)
Saxo Bank (Den)
Team Columbia-HTC (USA)
Team Katusha (Rus)
Team Milram (Ger)
Team RadioShack (USA)
Team Sky (GBr)
The Team Sky Riders so far signed are:
Kurt Arvesen, John Lee Augustyn, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Kjell Carlstrom,
Steve Cummings, Russell Downing, Juan Antonio Flecha, Chris Froome,
Simon Gerrans, Greg Henderson, Peter Kennaugh, Thomas Lovkvist,
Lars Petter Nordhaug, Morris Possoni, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas
Michael Barry, Sylvain Calzati, Dario Cioni, Matthew Hayman, Serge Pauwels
Nicolas Portal, Chris Sutton, Davide Vigano