Omega Pharma-QuickStep sign Sabatini on a two-year deal
Italian moves across from Cannondale
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Omega Pharma-QuickStep have announced that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Sabatini will join the team from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cannondale for the next two seasons. The 29-year-old Italian said he was looking forward to the new challenges and the𝓰 opportunity to improve in the cobbled classics.
"I am so happy," Sabatini said. "For my characteristics as a rider, to join OPQS is a kind of dream. It's aꦦ good step in my career. I love the cobbles. For these kinds of races, to be on a team like this will be important.
"I also know a few guys already after a few years as a profession🔯al. So, I'm looking forward to my transition🐭 to my new team starting in 2015. I can't wait to start the season in new colors, with great motivation to do well."
Sabatini will become the third Italian in the squad, joining 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alessandro Petacchi and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gianluca Brambilla. La Gazzetta dello Sport had reported that Sabatini was a transfer target for the Belgian team l168澳洲5最新开奖结果:ast week.
The team's CEO, Patrick Lefev🥂ere, welcomed the new addition to the♎ team adding that he sees Sabatini as a highly versatile rider.
"This is a rider who can be a weapon in multiple ways," said Lefevere. "He can be good for Classics, but at the same time he can also be useful in a leadout train of Mark Cavendish, or any sprint tr🐽ain we may have during the season.
"Heಞ's a good worker with skills for the cobblestones, which is a talent we embrac𓆉e. He was even 13th in the 2012 edition of Ronde van Vlaanderen."
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