Liquigas announce TDU roster

Italian ProTour squad Liquigas has packed its bags and boarded a flight designed for Australia, where the outfit will contest its first event on Australian shores with next week's Tour Down Under. The team's nominated riders left its headquarters in Cecina, Italy on Monday for the South Australian event which gets underway this Sunday evening with a criterium in the city of Adelaide.

The squad, headed by director sportif Dario Mariuzzo, will spend 15 days in Australia during January, with riders expected to return to Italy on January 30.