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, the team was disbanded when the new title sponsor, iShares, decided to cease sponsoring and pull out of cycling. As of December, 2006, the ProTour license abandoned by Phonak has been granted to the , and the Active Bay group of Manolo Saiz has lost its license, which was given to the . The links between the ProTour and the organisers of the three Grand Tours ( ASO,

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and Unipublic) remain strained. The 2007 Paris–Nice race was the focus of a dispute between (ASO) and the UCI. ASO have requested that the 2007 edition be downgraded from ProTour status to NE (national calendar status), therefore lacking UCI world-ranking points and threatening the participation of the ProTeams. This was resolved to an extent though and Paris–Nice took place as the first ProTour race of the season, although without .

2007 ProTour races

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race was scheduled in

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for October 7, but the race was cancelled.

Teams

Individual standings

* 241 riders have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.

Team standings

Nation standings

* Riders from 30 nations scored at least one UCI ProTour point

2007 ProTour Points System

* If a rider is not part of

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, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded * Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...1. * Team time trials in stage races doesn't give points for riders. * In Eindhoven time trial rider has to finish to earn points. * In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.

References

External links

Official Website
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