Saxo to end cycle sponsorship

Cycling sources in the FX market (There is such a thing? Ed.) say that Saxo Bank is poised to announce it will stop sponsoring its professional cycling team at the end of 2010. The bank's decision to take over the sponsorship of Team CSC, run by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, was announced in the summer of 2008 and initially raised some eyebrows in the FX market. However, the decision paid dividends when Spain's Carlos Sastre won the 2008 Tour de France. In 2009, Saxo's Andy Schleck, widely considered as one of the most talented young riders in the sport, came second, while his older brother Fränk came fifth.