T-Mobile, the telecommunications giant, has confirmed that it will continue sponsoring the ProTour cycling squad that carries its name. The German team ? which has two British riders, sprint star Mark Cavendish and Classsics specialist Roger Hammond, currently in its line-up ? made the announcement on Thursday, the day before the start of their country?s biggest bike race, the Deutschland Tour.
T-Mobile had requested time to think over a possible revision of its contract with the team following Patrik Sinkewitz's positive for testosterone prior to the Tour de France.
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