News Details

Talks between Alonso and Basque cycling team fail

The Euskadi-Euskaltel cycling team says it has failed to strike a deal with Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso for a takeover of the team, meaning it will have to fold. The Basque team says in statement Monday that it is 'obligated unfortunately to once again initiate an orderly shut-down process.' Alonso said last month he had reached an 'agreement in principle' to rescue the 19-year-old financially stricken team. Alonso was to provide funds to bridge a budget shortfall after Euskadi-Euskaltel lost €3.5 million ($4.7 million) of regional government funding due to austerity cuts prompted by Spain's financial crisis. The team's principal sponsor, telecoms company Euskaltel, had...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso's takeover of Euskaltel cycling team cancelled

Negotiations between representatives of Fernando Alonso and the tier 1...
12y ago from F1Technical.net

Alonso's purchase of professional cycling team...

Alonso's purchase of professional cycling team collapses 24 September,...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Alonso still chasing cycling dream

Fernando Alonso has not given up on his dreaming of owning a pro-cycling...
12y ago from PlanetF1.com

Alonso's plans to buy cycling team fall through

Fernando Alonso will no longer buy the Euskaltel Euskadi pro cycling team...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar announces independent officiating system

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Thursday that it will implement a new...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal keeping close tabs on 24-year-old...

Arsenal are keeping tabs on the Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Diant Ramaj....
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

XTC Local

No description available...

'I had an offer from Arsenal': Premier League winner...

Former Swiss International midfielder Gokhan Inler has now revealed that...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Liverpool ready to pay big-money to sign...

Liverpool continue to push for Yan Diomande, and they are now accelerating...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.