Aussie ProTour team?

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With Team Discovery disbanding (http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug10news3), there is a spare ProTour licence up for grabs. Is there enough Aussie money out there to put a team together?

With Team Discovery disbanding (http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug10news3), there is a spare ProTour licence up for grabs. Is there enough Aussie money out there to put a team together?no

miniumum budget for running a team will be $7-8M per year in USD. way to expensive for a sponsor in a sport that is a seriously poor cousin in australia.

--brett

The only concept I think would get up would be a 'team anzac' cross tasman concept.
Good idea. Everyone loves biscuits.

It seems pretty unlikely that enough money could be found for a pro tour team. Australia already has a contental team or 2 though. Drapac Porshe, SA.com plus one other i think.

Theese teams serve as a good intro for aspiring racers. Gov should support tham more if they need it before a pro-tour team. Once the riders are good enough for the pro-tour they hardly need any aussie help anymore.

Article on foxsports not too long ago:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22243218-23218,00.html

And another here:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Aussie-team-for-Le-Tour-2009-gets-20m/2007/08/14/1186857495060.html

I was actually joking when I started this thread. I figured no Australian company would put in $20m+ for 3 weeks late night coverage in Aus per year. Unless it has international exposer, Qantas, Fosters, etc...