The UCI have published the
list of teams registered for 2010 on their website now... and the page for
Noris Cycling doesn't include Nicole Cooke or Amber Neben. I've done a quick search and can't find anything about where they may be. Interestingly the
HTC Columbia page has had its list cleared, which makes me wonder if there are last-minute negotiations to get the pair of them there, although I couldn't see anything about it on the HTC website, nor the websites of Cooke and Neben. Cooke recently wrote a blog post
here where there was no mention of any team news.
Elsewhere, it's not all bad news. Stefan Wyman has
set up a new British team called Horizon Fitness (Twitter page
here) which has some excellent young names in it: Gabby Day, Alex Greenfield, Dani King, Hannah Rich, Penny Rowson, Ella Sadler-Andrews, Annie Simpson and Sarah Storey. I've no idea what kind of racing programme they'll be able to put together, but I expect we'll see them riding for GB national teams in some of the European races.
Transfers of other British riders for anyone who's interested: Lizzie Armitstead has made a well-publicised move from Lotto to Cervélo, where she will be joined by Sharon Laws; Leda Cox has retired; Emma Silversides has got a good move from Lotto to Red Sun; Catherine Hare Williamson (does anyone know if she likes to be called just Hare, just Williamson, or both?) has moved from Fenixs to the South African-based Konica team; Rebecca Jones has joined the Specialized D4W team in the US; and Sarah Reynolds has joined Moving Ladies, a team which Femke van Schleven has left.
Edit: And in case anyone missed it, Rebecca Romero has said she'd like to go for the time trials at the World Championships in Melbourne and the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
