Astana have set about reinforcing their squad for next season, announcing four new signings on Wednesday in Matti Breschel, Pello Bilbao, Sergey Chernetskiy, and Zhandos Bizhigitov.
Breschel joins after a sole season at Cannondale, and will become the fourth Dane in the Astana ranks, joining Jakob Fuglsang, Jesper Hansen, and Michael Valgren, who he’ll support in the Ardennes Classics.
The 32-year-old, who started his career at CSC before spells at Rabobank and Tinkoff, is a two-time medalist at the UCI Road World Championships, with a stage win at the Vuelta a Espana and a Dwars Door Vlaanderen title to his name – as well as nine Tour of Denmark stage wins.
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"We believe that Breschel as a rider with solid experience will be of great help to Valgren at the spring classics in the Ardennes, which he is well aware of,” said Astana’s general manager Alexandre Vinokourov. “Being the fourth Danish rider in the team, the rider is very motivated to compete for our team and help his countryman to vie for results in big races.”
Pello Bilbao makes the step up to WorldTour level after a couple of eye-catching seasons at the Spanish Caja Rural squad.
The 26-year-old Basque has won two stages of the Tour of Turkey, and finished second overall at this year's Vuelta a Castilla y Leon.
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