Still hanging in there. The veteran Chris Horner remains in the pro peloton at RadioShack-Nissan.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
All smiles from Andy Schleck and Dirk Demol.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fresh from competing in the Crocodile Trophy, RadioShack-Nissan press officer Philippe Maertens takes up duty as an oarsman.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Press officer Philippe Maertens guides Frank Schleck through the wilderness.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara leads by example at the RadioShack-Nissan team building camp.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck at the RadioShack-Nissan training camp.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
RadioShack-Nissan begin their trek in the wild.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck puts his back into it.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Horner came prepared with compass.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Yaroslav Popovych is still at RadioShack-Nissan in 2013.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck began his 2013 season with a team building camp in Luxembourg.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schlek and co. re-enact the Lord of the Rings in Luxembourg.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Anxious faces as RadioShack-Nissan head into the wild.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara will hope to cut his rivals down to size in 2013.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Team work at the RadioShack-Nissan camp.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
RadioShack-Nissan went into the wild to build team spirit.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara leads his teammates through the woods.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Kim Andersen will hope to be back at the Tour de France in 2013.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck is hoping for a brighter 2013.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andy Schleck leads the way at the RadioShack-Nissan team building camp.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
RadioShack-Nissan began a new era under the stewardship of Luca Guercilena last week with a team building camp in the Luxembourg Ardennes.
After a turbulent 2012 season that started with the merger of Leopard and RadioShack, and ended with the departure of Johan Bruyneel following the release of USADA’s report on the Lance Armstrong affair, the team is hopeful for a fresh beginning under Guercilena’s management next year.
Andy Schleck, who was forced to miss this year’s Tour de France due to a fractured pelvis, was among the riders at the camp, and the Luxembourger forsook his winter training in order to start the new campaign on the right foot.
His brother Fränk’s situation is rather less straightforward, however. The elder of the Schleck brothers tested positive for the diuretic Xipamide during the Tour, but must wait until December 19 to learn if he will face suspension. Nonetheless, Fränk Schleck was on hand at the camp in Luxembourg, along with Fabian Cancellara, Jens Voigt, Chris Horner and Yaroslav Popovych.
The team’s first formal training camp on the road will take place in Javea, Spain next week, but ahead of that, Cancellara and company took to the great outdoors in Luxembourg for a number of activities, and you can see a gallery here.
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