Post to advise Rabobank

One of the Netherlands' best known team managers, Peter Post, will take up a role as an adviser for the Rabobank team this year. Post, who managed the formidable Panasonic and Raleigh teams in the past, has been on the sidelines of cycling for the past nine years, apart from a brief stint with Domo-Farm Frites in 2000. But towards the end of November last year, Post was approached by Rabobank to become an adviser for the team, a role that he accepted.

The team already has an overseeing council consisting of three of Rabobank's top men, as well as an advisory board consisting of businessmen, politicians and sports administrators. Post will be an independent and neutral part of this structure.