Saxo Bank WorldTour licence loss may be good news for other teams

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Team Saxo Bank faces the UCI's licence commission and a possible downgrade from the WorldTour. After Alberto Contador's doping ban on February 6, the team lost a majority of its points, 68 per cent.

Automatic invitations to the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and other WorldTour events will be rescinded if Saxo Bank drops to the second division.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.