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The Manuela Fundación is getting back into professional cycling

The mysterious Spanish foundation still wants in.

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Despite the collapse of the organization’s plans to take over the Mitchelton-Scott team, the Manuela Fundación could soon have a presence at the WorldTour level anyway. The Spanish non-profit is in talks to invest in the CCC team, which has been on the hunt for a title sponsor since Polish footwear brand CCC decided that …

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Following a now-collapsed bid to acquire Mitchelton-Scott, the Manuela Fundación is considering its next steps and looking into alternative avenues for entry into the top tier of professional cycling, AS reports. As of only a few weeks ago, Spanish businessman Francisco Huertas, who runs the still-to-be-launched non-profit with his wife Maria Angustias González, was expecting …

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The Manuela Fundación/Mitchelton-Scott saga took has taken interesting turn. According to Spanish newspaper AS, Francisco Huertas, the Spanish businessman who runs the Manuela Fundación with his wife Maria Angustias González, has offered €10 million to buy Mitchelton-Scott’s WorldTour license from team owner Gerry Ryan. AS reports that the offer was made on Thursday. The hefty …

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It’s fair to say the team at the Manuela Fundación isn’t thrilled with how things have gone with the Mitchelton-Scott deal. That’s not terribly surprising – from the perspective of the Spanish foundation, the deal was done, they’d taken ownership of the team, and preparations were well underway to having riders in new kit when …

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