Spyns Tour de France Tours 2011: Lance Armstrong's Radioshack Saves Robbie McEwen

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McEwen Racing in Europe

As Spyns clients celebrate the holidays, more than ever we all look forward to the 2011 Tour de France. One rider's Christmas wish came true, Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen. He has joined Team RadioShack for season 2011. McEwen joins seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and team manager Johan Bruyneel at the America-based team as a replacement for sprinter Gert Steegmans, whose move to Quick Step was confirmed Monday. This ends what I've often referred to as the "Australian Curse", an affliction suffered by McEwen and fellow countryman Cadel Evans.

McEwen was signed to Pegasus Sports next season, but the contract became defunct when the team could not attain a UCI Professional Continental license. McEwen, 38, said he still sees himself in the top echelon of sprinters in world cycling. "Johan Bruyneel offered me the environment I was looking for. I am happy and grateful. I still know and believe that I am one of the fastest sprinters in the world," McEwen said. "The young guys like (Mark) Cavendish, (Tyler) Farrar or (Andre) Greipel are tough to beat but I know that I am still amongst that group of elite sprinters. I still have a lot to offer. I just don't want to ride one more year just to ride along in the bunch. I want to perform well and go away on a high."


Bruyneel - a two-time stage winner of the Tour de France in his own riding days - said Pegasus Sports' loss was his team's gain, with South African Robbie Hunter also joining McEwen in signing up with Team RadioShack. "I feel sad for the riders and staff of the Pegasus project, but most of the riders deserve to race at the highest level of professional cycling. I am happy to have been able to offer two of the guys that opportunity," Bruyneel said in a press release. "Moreover, we can really use both riders; they are real finishers and winners. They are both very fast and don't need a real sprinter's train to bring them to the last kilometer. They are 'self-sufficient' and will also be a wealth of knowledge for our young riders."

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