Tour Down Under 2008 is in UCI Pro Tour

rooman said:

TDU has been approved by the UCI for 2008 Pro Tour,
according to the Age.

Adelaide in January is going to be busy(ier)

And conflicts even more with the Alpine Classic. This is gonna get difficult.

Since this is now ProTour rated.... does this mean the only local team (barring wildcards) that will get a run is Drapac?

That'd be a nice turn around for them 🙂 tinyurl.com22xvzcOpen ↗

gplama said:

Since this is now ProTour rated.... does this mean the only local team (barring wildcards) that will get a run is Drapac?

That'd be a nice turn around for them 🙂 tinyurl.com22xvzcOpen ↗

yeah, I'm sure they will like the prospect, but here is the outline from the UCI on Pro Tour rule on Participation

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[font=Tahoma]The races of the UCI ProTour calendar are open first and foremost to UCI ProTeams. UCI Professional Continental Teams, ranked second in the hierarchy and structures taking part primarily in all races on their continental circuit, [/font][font=Tahoma]are able to ride in the races of the UCI ProTour calendar, but only if they are invited.[/font][font=Times New Roman] [/font]
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[font=Arial]So that opens the door to a few ( if they are invited). [/font]
[font=Arial]Not sure who the invitation has to come from, but probably the race organisers with the counsel/prior consultation of the UCI Pro Tour hierachy, I guess.[/font]
[font=Arial]Noting they werent invited last time, but appeared to be "overtly un-invited". as you linked above.[/font]
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