Photo Gallery: Training camp in Spain precedes presentation in Italy
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The Geox-TMC team get set to head out for training.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Could these red, white and black helmets be a hint of the Geox-TMC color scheme?(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The group heads out.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Look! I'm riding with Denis Menchov!(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Carlos Sastre is dwarfed by his new teammate Dmitriy Kozontchuk(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The team head down the motorway(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The team car pauses to wait for the riders.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Stefano Zanini, the team's DS, gets a wheel.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Marcel Wyss is new to the team(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Dmitriy Kozontchuk came across to the team with Denis Menchov from Rabobank(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Daniele Nardello takes a call.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Geox-TMC out training in Spain.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Sastre wants to keep going, but his teammates need a break(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The Russians adjust their bikes.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Carlos Sastre waits patiently.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Dmitriy Kozontchuk towers over his teammates(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Rafael Valls comes from the Footon-Servetto team(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Carlos Sastre at the Geox-TMC camp in Vilaseca(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Carlos Sastre shows off the 2011 Geox-TMC Fuji(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The team bikes are ready to go(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Rotor provided the cranks for Team Geox-TMC(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Shimano Dura Ace is the team's choice for components.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Guess who this bike belongs to?(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The team get ready for the training ride.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The Geox-TMC team is keeping its 2011 kit hidden for now.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Carlos Sastre prepares for the training ride.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Sastre checks out the team's gear.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Carlos Sastre ready to get on his new ride.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Riders roll out for the Geox-TMC training camp(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
Xavier Florencio is the team's newest recruit(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The team head off into the mist.(Image credit: María Rodríguez)
The Geox-TMC squad of Grand Tour champions Carlos Sastre and Denis Menchov are getting prepared for the 2011 season with a training camp in Vila-Seca near Tarragona, Spain. The team will remain at the camp through January 16 before its presentation at the end of the month near the Geox headquarters in Montebelluna, Italy.
Joining the team at the camp is the newest member, Spaniard Xavier Florencio. The winner of the 2006 Clasica San Sebastian was without a contract after the Cervélo TestTeam disbanded.
Florencio was critical of his former team after it dropped him on the eve of the Tour de France because he had used medicine to treat a saddle sore that was not approved by the team and contained the banned substance ephedrine.
The team has yet to reveal the design of its clothing for the 2011 season, but have been equipped with their Fuji Altamira road bikes, built with Shimano and Oval Concept components, Rotor cranksets and Hutchinson tires.
Team Geox-TMC for 2011
Tomas Alberio Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano David Blanco Rodriguez Matthias Brändle Giampaolo Cheula Juan Jose Cobo Acebo Daniele Colli Marco Corti David De La Fuente Rasilla Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo Arkaitz Duran Aroca Fabio Felline Xavier Florencio Cabre Noe Gianetti David Gutierrez Gutierrez Dmitriy Kozontchuk Marko Kump Denis Menchov Matteo Pelucchi Daniele Ratto Carlos Sastre Candil Rafael Valls Ferri Marcel Wyss
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