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I really don't think Unibet has made it into the ProTour yet. See this article: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2006/protour_licence_final, which was written on November 25, 2006.
Moot Point—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.135.161.102 ( talk) 15:37, December 17, 2006
Agree - it's the same team. One of these entries should be a redirect. kju 12:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Agree - This obviously needs a merger.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.135.161.102 ( talk) 15:35, December 17, 2006
Am replacing the Team Unibet article with a redirect to this page. kju 03:06, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
After the collapse of the Fassa Bortolo team in September 2005 a vacant Pro Tour team spot became available. With Unibet.com agreeing to a budget increase for the team, Unibet's management decided that getting the licence was an achievable goal. As a result Unibet.com when on a spending spree, looking for high profile riders with large amounts of wins. One of the first riders to join Unibet was Baden Cooke who was reportedly unhappy with being asked to take a pay cut by the cash-strapped Francaise des Jeux team. However a problem loomed for Unibet.com because on October 10 a new team sponsored by Sony Ericsson started trying to sign up riders. With its very large budget riders seemed to be begging to get on the team. In 4 days Sony Ericsson had signed up riders like Stuart O'Grady and Gilberto Simoni but on the 14th of October, Sony Ericsson told the team that it wasn't sponsoring the team. Not only did this force O'Grady and Simoni to find new teams, it allowed Unibet to start chasing the ProTour licence again. After chasing the two high profile riders for a week the team settled on Carlos Garcia Quesada a Spanish climber with high hopes of the future. Unibet now had the complete 2006 roster with 3 big names in the team. By the end of October it emerged that the only other serious competitor for the licence was AG2R Prévoyance a French team with big name riders like Francisco Mancebo and Christophe Moreau. A big blow to Unibet came when Stefan van Dijck was convinced for drug offences by the Flemish anti-doping commission. Unfortunately for Unibet, AG2R had never been convinced of doping offences, putting in a big lead for the licence. By late November, when the UCI made its decision it was clear that would be chosen for two reasons. The main one being van Dijck doping offence, but the UCI was also influenced by the fact that if Unibet was given the licence it would have meant that 3 teams were based in Belgium compared to only 4 in France. After failing in the ProTour bid Unibet.com easily retained its Pro Continental licence.
Can somebody who knows what's going on please explain this anti-gambling regulation that keeps them from riding in some countries and how this will affect their season? I'm confused. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.170.128.66 ( talk) 14:53, May 23, 2007
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BetacommandBot 15:42, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
I think we should preserve Unibet.com cycling team (category: defunct teams) and preserve their 2007 roster. The Collstrop roster is changed, but it would be a waste to just wreck the Unibet roster. Any comments? Smilo Don ( talk) 22:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Unibet are quite a big online bookmakers. The fact that the cycling team no longer exists shouldn't mean that Unibet.com transfers to Cycle Collstrop. Unibet are now too big. They should be demerged, a new page should be created for Unibet/ Unibet.com (same page) and that page will just be about the bookmakers, with a note at the top saying, "For information about the cycling team, see Cycle_Collstrop page" or something like that. I came to the Unibet.com wikipedia page because I wanted to find out about Valencia CF's new shirt sponsors, and I got taken to this cycling page! -- Tris2000 ( talk) 20:15, 20 January 2009 (UTC)