Uran gives Slipstream Sports two weeks to save the team

Rigoberto Uran has given Jonathan Vaughters and Slipstream Sports two weeks to save Cannondale-Drapac’s future as the Tour de France runner-up considers his options for next season.

On Saturday Uran and the rest of the Cannondale-Drapac team were told that they could seek employment elsewhere with Slipstream Sports informing them that a potential sponsor had pulled out and that the team were short of financial support. The team later confirmed to Cyclingnews that they needed in the region of $7 million USD if they were to safeguard the team for next season.

Earlier this month Cannondale-Drapac had announced that Uran had signed a new three-year deal at the team but the Colombian is now back on the market with Astana and Trek leading the queue to sign him. Both teams were also interested in signing Uran before he agreed to stay at Cannondale.

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“We’re talking to three or four teams but we are waiting on Vaughters, to give him time to see if he can do a deal," Uran’s agent, Giuseppe Acquadro, told Cyclingnews.

“There are other teams interested in Rigoberto for sure but we wait for one week, two weeks.”

“They were interested before but there’s also UAE as well.”

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