The cycling team of Fernando Alonso will not be set for 2016. Paolo Bettini, who would play an important role in the formation, in the short term doesn’t expect any restart of the project, as he told Het Nieuwsblad.

However, the former world champion remains available if the team can get off the ground. "I told Fernando that I am willing to step into the project if there really is a sponsor. Then he can call me, and I start it, but not like last year, that was not the easiest for Fernando privately."

Bettini regrets his decision to give up the Italy coaching job for the project. "If I had known that the team would not get off the ground, I would have stayed with the national team."