Klier, Pauwels to Cervélo

Andreas Klier and Serge Pauwels are the newest signings to Cervélo TestTeam, the team announced Tuesday.

Klier is a Spring Classics specialist who won Gent-Wevelgem in 2003 and a stage in the Vuelta a España in 2007. The 32 year-old turned professional in 1996 with Team Nürnberger and rode for TVM-Farm Frites from 1999 to 2000. In 2001 he joined T-Mobile Team, and has stayed with it through this year, when it changed its name to Team Columbia. He is German but has lived in Belgium for years.

Pauwels rode for the Rabobank Continental Team in 2004 and 2005. The 24 year-old turned professional in 2006 with Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen and has remained with the team since then. The Belgian won the mountain ranking in the 2007 Tour Down Under. Pauwels has a college degree in engineering and is working on his master's degree in applied economics.