On the startline of stage 5 of the Tour of Britain, Cannondale-Drapac riders and staff reacted positively to recent reports regarding the future of the team.
An internal email saw team CEO Jonathan Vaughters tell riders that all current contracts will be honoured by the team, indicating that a new title sponsor had been found.
“As of right now, I am writing to tell you that if you have a contract with Slipstreamsports for 2018, we are enforcing your contract. More to come,” the email read, reported Velonews.
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While any official news of a sponsor signing has been confirmed neither publicly nor to team staff, an announcement is expected at some point today.
Ken Vanmarcke, the team’s sports director in Britain and brother of the cobbled classics star Sep, confirmed the news but didn’t know anything more than what was said in the email.
“We got the message yesterday that the team was gonna stay,” he said whilst taping the day’s stage guides to the riders' stems.
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