Team Garmin-Barracuda finalises 2013 roster
The American World Tour side, Team Gamin-Barracuda has finalised its roster for the season ahead and has also hinted about the return of Tom Danielson, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie.
All the mentioned three are serving a six-month doping ban after they admitted doping and were handed a reduced ban for helping USADA in building a stronger case against Lance Armstrong.
The trio will join the Team in March and have already started training to ensure they do not lapse behind in the coming season.
Team recently signed Nick Nuyens for three seasons after the cyclist ended his two-year associations with the Danish side, Team Saxo-Tinkoff.
Team General Manager Jonathan Vaughters was delighted after signing the experienced Belgian and stated that he will add a lot of strength in the team.
"Nick is a huge talent and we are thrilled that he will be joining Garmin-Barracuda next season," Vaughters said.
"We have wanted to continue to bolster our Classics team, and Nick is obviously a tremendous addition for us”.
“His talent, experience and deep knowledge of these races will be invaluable. We are very happy he chose Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda and we look forward to an exciting season," he added.
The cyclist himself was enchanted after securing his future with the top World Tour side and noted that the American side is very well structured and is a very good blend of youth and experience.
"The team is well structured, has a super team spirit and it's just a really strong squad with a good mix of young talent and a lot of experience. I'm looking forward to being a part of it," he voiced.
2013 Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Roster
Jack Bauer, Tom Danielson, Thomas Dekker, Rohan Dennis, Caleb Fairly, Tyler Farrar, Koldo Fernandez de Larrea, Nathan Haas, Ryder Hesjedal, Alex Howes, Robbie Hunter, Andreas Klier, Michel Kreder, Raymond Kreder and Martijn Maaskant.
Dan Martin, David Millar, Lachlan Morton, Ramunas Navardauskas, Nick Nuyens
,Jacob Rathe, Sebastien Rosseler, Peter Stetina, Andrew Talansky, Christian Vande Velde, Johan Vansummeren, Steele VonHoff, Fabian Wegmann and David Zabriskie will also ride through the team in the season ahead.
Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda bagged a total number of 762 UCI points throughout the 2012 season and occupied the ninth overall position after the UCI World Teams rankings.
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