Sastre surprised by the Geox-TMC Proteam exclusion

Carlos Sastre has admitted he was surprised to discover that his Geox-TMC team had failed to secure a ProTeam licence for 2011 when the UCI announced the full 18 teams on Monday.

Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.