Wesemann and Kopp to Collstrop

David Kopp at the Rund um Köln in 2005

David Kopp at the Rund um Köln in 2005 (Image credit: Mani Wollner)

By Susan Westemeyer

Team manager Hilaire Van der Schueren said that he hopes to sign additional "big names".

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Swiss citizen Wesemann, who finished third in last year's Paris-Roubaix, rode for the now-defunct Team Wiesenhof-Felt in 2007 and had signed with Team Pedaltech-Cyclingnews for this season.

The British team received only a Professional license, and had to allow him to seek a new team. Kopp was with Team Gerolsteiner in 2007, and had been in negotiations with Pedaltech for 2008.