Bet on Cycling

Lance Armstrong will ride his final international races with RadioShack in 2011 but the team has a string of talented riders to keep the flag flying throughout the season.

Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden will take over from Armstrong in the three-week long grand tours and toughest stage races, with Chris Horner and Jani Brajkovic also capable of winning hilly stage races.

Klöden is one of the most consistent Tour de France riders of the last decade, while Leipheimer finished third overall at the Tour of California in 2010 following three consecutive victories. Impressive pedigrees.

Brajkovic stunned Alberto Contador by winning the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2010 and the little Slovenian is now ready to step up onto a bigger stage. Horner is 39 but has the enthusiasm of a neo-pro. He won the Vuelta al País Vasco last April by taking the key time trial stage and then finished fourth in the Tour of California. He has the knack of being in the right place at the right time in all the biggest races.

Tiago Machado, Yaroslav Popovych, Jason McCartney, Sergio Paulinho Haimar Zubeldia, Gregory Rast and Sébastien Rosseler form the hard-working backbone of the team.

New signings for 2011 include US National Champion Ben King and Kiwi track talent Jesse Sergent, who have come through the Trek-Livestrong Under 23 development team. Also new to RadioShack are Manuel Cardoso, Philip Deignan and Nelson Oliviera.

Robbie McEwen and Robbie Hunter were late signings to the team but give RadioShack some added firepower in the sprints and will be a dangerous duo which knows how to work together to make sure one of them wins.