As reported on cyclingnews;
Tinkov buys team from Riis for 6 million Euro
Oleg Tinkov is said to be buying Team Saxo-Tinkoff for six million Euros, with Bjarne Riis staying on to run the team for a salary of one million Euros annually, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. Tinkov and Riis have called a press conference Monday in London to announce the team's future.
According to the Italian newspaper, Tinkov will invest from 11 to 13 million Euros per-season into the team. He will own the team but Riis will remain as team manager.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-tinkov-buys-team-from-riis-for-6-million-euro
They will have a solid team for the Tour de France next year, it will be interesting to see if Oleg can not [censored] people and keep the team and management together. The rider list for 2014;
BENNATI, Daniele
BOARO, Manuele
BRESCHEL, Matti
CONTADOR, Alberto
HANSEN, Jesper
HERNáNDEZ, Jesús
JUUL-JENSEN, Christopher
KOLAR, Michael
KREUZIGER, Roman
KROON, Karsten
KUMP, Marko
MAJKA, Rafal
MANUEL SILVA PIRES, Bruno
MCCARTHY, Jay
MOREIRA PAULINHO, Sérgio Miguel
MøRKøV, Michael
PETROV, Evgeni
POLJANSKI, Pawel
ROCHE, Nicolas
ROGERS, Michael
ROVNY, Ivan
SORENSEN, Chris Anker
SUTHERLAND, Rory
SøRENSEN, Nicki
TOSATTO, Matteo
TRUSOV, Nikolay
VALGREN, Michael
ZAUGG, Oliver