Hushovd confirms Garmin transition
Norwegian champion to 🅰ride for re🔯vamped team in 2011
Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam) has🥂 confirmed that he will join Garmin-Transitions in 2011 and he suggested that he will be joined by a number of his current Cervélo teammates at the revamped squad.
The Norwegian champion is aiming to make a serious impact 🍸on the spring classics next season and the strength of Garmin-Transitions in this area was one of th⛎e main motivating factors for his decision.
"I have signed for Garmin, so this is my new team for next year," Hushovd told TV 2 Sport after stage 3 of the Vuelta a España. "I have signed because they are focus𓄧ing very much on the classics next year, and that's a big goal for me.
"It's going to be a very good team and I get to bring many of the other riders I have at Cervélo with me. I think this is the best soluti🐟on."
Last week Cyclingnews reported that Hushovd was strongly linked with a move to Garmin-Tra𝔍nsitions for 2011, along with fellow Cervélo riders Heinrich Haussler, Andreas Klier and Roger Hammond.
It was subsequently confirmed that Cerv&♎eacute;lo TestTeam will cease to exist at t🌳he end of the 2010 season and that Cervélo will become bike sponsor to Garmin-Transitions from 2011 onwards.
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