The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body responsible for world cycle sport, has released a list of 18 teams given a ProTour licence for 2009.
There are no major or unexpected changes to the ProTour team list. New additions to the line-up are Katusha and Garmin-Slipstream, whilst the former Saunier Duval/Scott-American Beef squad is now called Fuji-Servetto and CSC becomes Saxo Bank-IT Factory.
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