The future of cycling team Cannondale-Drapac is uncertain. The American World Tour-formation is hard to find an additional sponsor for next season.
Cannondale made Saturday morning at the riders well known that the survival of the team in danger. The team was given a day earlier to hear that one of the backers for next season afhaakte.
“Friday we received a disheartening message from one of our future sponsors”, says Cannondale in a statement. “Without the support of this partner, we can our financial security and thus a WorldTour license is not guaranteed.”
The team continues to be hopeful that the situation in the coming days will be solved. Cannondale, Drapac and a few other small sponsors continue to until 2018. Director sportif Jonathan Vaughters is doing on his Twitter a call for an additional lender.
Van BaarleAt Cannondale, the Dutch Dylan van Baarle, Sebastian Langeveld, Tom-Jelte Slagter and Wouter Wippert under contract. Also Rigoberto Uran, the number two of the Tour de France, makes of the team.
Cannondale extended recently won the contracts of Van Baarle and Uran. If the team next year will still exist, all of the contract to be respected.
Wippert and Slagter would be after this season leaving at Cannondale. It is unknown what the plans of Langeveld and Van Baarle are.
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