Halfords Tour Series 2012 teams revealed

Tour Series 2011, round six, Oldham

NORTH-WEST based Herbalife-Leisure Lakes and Hope Factory Racing are the surprise selections for this year's Halfords Tour Serie, Cycling Weekly can exclusively reveal.

With television coverage once again guaranteed, the battle to be one of the 10 squads who will ride the entire series - which last week was extended to 11 rounds for the first time - has become fiercely competitive.

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Nick Bull is an NCTJ qualified journalist who has written for a range of titles, as well as being a freelance writer at Beat Media Group, which provides reports for the PA Media wire which is circulated to the likes of the BBC and Eurosport. His work at Cycling Weekly predominantly dealt with professional cycling, and he now holds a role as PR & Digital Manager at SweetSpot Group, which organises the Tour of Britain.