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Three new signings for Team Sky

Chris Sutton joins from Garmin-Slipstream... but will a certain team-mate follow?

Team Sky has announced a further trio of signings, including Australian sprinter Chris Sutton, stage winner and second overall in this year’s Tour of Britain and nephew of British Cycling track coach, Shane Sutton.

Earlier this month, 25-year-old Sutton also finished second overall in his home country’s SunTour behind Garmin-Slipstream team-mate Bradley Wiggins; whether the latter will join Sutton at the new British team is, of course, one of the more intriguing facets of this year’s round of contract negotiations.

Also confirmed as arriving at Team Sky are the Canadian Michael Barry of Columbia-HTC, and Cervélo TestTeam’s Belgian rider, Serge Pauwels. Frenchman Sylvain Calzati from Agritubel, whose career highlight is a stage win in Lorient during the 2006 Tour de France, is widely expected to become Team Sky’s 20th signing later this week.

The current team roster is shaping up to be an exciting blend of youth and experience with a British core. The 19 names confirmed to date, with their countries, are:

John-Lee Augustyn (South Africa)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway)

Michael Barry (Canada)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
Kjell Carlstrom (Finland)
Steve Cummings (Great Britain)

Russell Downing (Great Britain)

Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain)

Chris Froome (Great Britain)

Simon Gerrans (Australia)

Greg Henderson (New Zealand)

Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden)

Peter Kennaugh (Great Britain)

Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Norway)

Serge Pauwels (Belgium)

Morris Possoni (Italy)

Ian Stannard (Great Britain)

Chris Sutton (Australia)

Geraint Thomas (Great Britain).

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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