Team High Road - Are They Now An American Team
Rumors have it that Team High Road is still in talks with the organizers of the Giro d’Italia to get them a starting bid for the 2008 race. It is being reported that as recent as today the discussions between High Road and the Giro d’Italia have been taking place. The official word from High Road is “There will be discussions. At the appropriate time we will have something to say, not now,” team spokesman Stefan Wagner said to the dpa press agency.
It is also rumored that Team High Road will be turning in their German Pro license for a new shiny American Pro license.
It is now looking like the transition from the German license of the T-Mobile Team to a American license of Team High Road has been completed. No word yet on the rumors that Team High Road will be announcinng a new principal sponsor in time for the Tour of California. Still waitng to see whether this current jersey makes it to the Tour of California.
With the change to the American Pro license it now looks like the USA will have both High Road and Slipstream competing for starting spots in the Tour de France.
Bicycle.net will be on the road with High Road at their training camp sometime this week so keep coming back for our original content.
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