This is a stunning bit of news from the rest day at the Tour de France.

The UCI’s ProTour series appears to be officially dead after all 17 teams
at the Tour de France decided to leave the series and not renew their
licences next season.

“It has been decided unanimously not to renew the ProTour licences
for the 2009 season,” read a joint statement from the teams.

full story at cyclingnews.