Former Tour de France winner, Oscar Pereiro, will start his season with the Astana team at this month’s Tour Down Under in Australia.
Pereiro, who was poised to retire at the end of last season, will join 2009 TDU winner Allan Davis and five others in the race that marks the opening of the UCI ProTour.
The race is slated to begin on Tuesday, January 19, and ends on Sunday, the 24th.
A preliminary start list for the 2010 Tour Down Under.
Astana, for the Tour Down Under
Allan Davis (AUS)
Andriy Grivko (UKR)
Gorazd Stangelj (SLO)
Josep Jufre (SP)
Valeriy Dmitriyev (KAZ)
Oscar Pereiro (SP)
Jesus Hernandez (SP)