Originally Posted by
donrhummy
No. Vaughters has said publicly that he doesn't want to try for the TDF until 2009. He said he talked with the UCI and they both agreed it was better to ease into it and they didn't want to jump too quickly. They're not doing the TDF (as of now) so Levi's very unlikely to sign.
Close, but wrong. Slipstream isn't going to go for a ProTour license until 2009. They are shooting for a wildcard to the 08 TDF. That is what JV has stated publicly.