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Team HTC-Highroad sends a strategic line-up to Tour of New Zealand

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Published on Monday, 21 February 2011 19:45

Written by Luca Salvatelli

A strong team of six riders with a diverse combination of talents and experience will line up for HTC-Highroad at this week's Tour of New Zealand. It will also be the debut race for three of the team's new riders for 2011.

"We have some young riders with us such as Amanda Miller and Ally Stacher who are excited to start their season with us," says Sports Director Ronny Lauke, "but we also brought plenty of experience such as Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Judith Arndt and Amber Neben."

"We hope to see Chloe [Hosking] and Ina succeed tomorrow in the sprint. It's a 100 kilometer stage that is relatively flat so it should be a sprinter's race. There is some good competition here and we plan to race hard from the beginning and try to set the pace for the rest of the Tour."

Stage one takes riders from Martinborough to Masterton near the ocean where the weather changes quickly and could present some challenges.

"We've been advised it could be 16-18°and rainy throughout the weekend but nothing we can't handle," says Lauke, "Rain or shine, we will have to race at 100% to get the victory and that is what we plan to do."

HTC-Highroad for Tour of New Zealand: Ina-yoko Teutenberg (Ger); Judith Arndt (Ger); Chloe Hosking (Aus); Ally Stacher (USA); Amber Neben (USA); Amanda Miller (USA)