Colnago not confirmed with Tinkoff

Colnago official have confirmed that there is not any agreement with emerging Italian-Russian team Tinkoff. It has been reported that Omar Piscina's new team, Tinkoff, will be using Colnago frames for the 2007 season but the famous Italian firm could not confirm this to Cyclingnews.

"We are currently considering sponsoring the Tinkoff team for 2007, but no agreement has reached yet," said Ernesto Colnago to Cyclingnews. "We are still discussing this with Tinkoff, to become a technical sponsor."

Omar Piscina, current team manager with LPR, is forming the new squad for 2007; having signed Danilo Hondo and Steffen Weigold, the Italian is said to be interested in American Tyler Hamilton.