Synergy

According to Andrew Hood, Velonews European Correspondent, "Manolo Saiz has found a new sponsor to underwrite his ProTour team, barely a week after insurance giant Liberty Seguros pulled the plug on its $8.5 million-a-year deal."

A consortium of five of Kazakhstan's largest companies will immediately take over as title sponsor, and the team will ride under the name Astaná-Würth, likely debuting its new colors at the Dauphiné Libéré beginning Sunday in France. Astaná is the name of the Kazakh capital."

Although he was recently photographed with Alexander Vinokourov, Channel 4 News Correspondent, Borat Sagdiyev, was unavailable to cover the teams' reaction.