Fernando Alonso is pushing ahead with his plans to set up a world-class professional cycling team.<\/p>\n
Recently, the Spaniard announced he was buying the embattled Spanish team Euskaltel-Euskadi, but the advanced negotiations broke down late last month.<\/p>\n
The Ferrari driver, however, said he would set up his own team for 2015 instead.<\/p>\n
Alonso’s manager, Luis Garcia Abad, has now told Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport that the 32-year-old’s plans are already well advanced.<\/p>\n
He said “some agreements with sponsors are already signed”, while the launch date for the 2015 project is already set: “The first rest day of the next Tour (de France),” Abad announced.<\/p>\n
“Fernando has said he wants to bring the best of formula one to cycling, and vice versa,” he added.<\/p>\n
“This means technology, research, marketing, promotion, new tools such as telemetry, a medical centre.<\/p>\n
“The intention is to do something new and avoid the problem of doping,” Abad explained.<\/p>\n
He also said the sponsors of Alonso’s team will be new to cycling, but denied speculation the Ferrari sponsor Banco Santander is one of them.<\/p>\n
“It’s better to keep the business of F1 and cycling separate,” said Abad.<\/p>\n
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