Team Columbia-HTC men's team has kicked off its training camp for the upcoming season with the full roster at the Club La Santa in Lanzarote, Spain. There were 28 riders present who have gathered for ten days of planning, fitting and setting up bikes, testing and training on the windy volcanic Island.
"It's really great to have all of the guys together for the first time," said Team Manager Rolf Aldag. "We have eleven new riders on the roster and it's a good chance for them all to get to know each other and for the new guys to learn how we do things on this team. All of our individual meetings are going well and I have a really good feeling about 2010," Aldag said on the team's website.
"The Island is perfect for training at any time of year," added Aldag. "We can train in short sleeves and we have the support of Club La Santa and the local government here so we feel very welcome."
The entire squad consists of: Michael Albasini, Lars Bak, Mark Cavendish, Gert Dockx, Bernhard Eisel, Jan Gheyselinck, Mathew Goss, Bert Grabsch, André Greipel, Patrick Gretsch, Rasmus Guldhammer, Adam Hansen, Leigh Howard, Craig Lewis, Tony Martin, Maxime Montfort, Marco Pinotti, Frantisek Rabon, Mark Renshaw, Vicente Reynes, Michael Rogers, Hayden Roulston, Alex Saramotin, Marcel Sieberg, Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Tejay Van Garderen, Martin Velits, Peter Velits