Brown to lead Rabobank in TDU

 
Race Director, Mike Turtur, welcomed the return of Brown, a TDU veteran and dual gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

“Graeme had a great start to the 2009 season with a stage win at the 2009 Tour Down Under and two stage wins at the Vuelta a Murcia race," Turtur said.
 
This season Brown took overall victory at the European semi classic single day race, the Nokerre-Koerse, making him one of only  five non-Belgium or Dutch  cyclists  to have won  the  race  since  its  inception  in 1944.
 
“Rabobank is fielding a very strong and competitive line up for next year’s Tour Down Under with the  inclusion  of  two  Dutch  national  champions with  Stef  Clement, National Time Trial Champion and Koos Moerenhout, National Road Race Champion,” said Turtur.
 
“The Rabobank team line-up is quite formidable with two regining Dutch national champions, a dual Olympic gold medalist and a Tour de France stage winner.

“The experience on this team should show on the results board come January.

“Tom Leezer may be one to watch for Škoda King of the Mountain contention as he held the lead in the mountains at the 2009 Tour of Spain in Stages two and three.”

More rider and team announcements will be issued over the coming weeks.

The Tour Down Under will be held in Adelaide and regional South Australia from 17-24 January 2010.

Rabobank’s line up includes: Graeme Brown(AUS), Stef Clement (NED),  Rick Flens (NED), Tom Leezer (NED), KoosMoerenhout (NED), Jos van Emden (NED) and
Pieter Weening (NED).