Rabo riders & staff extend

Several members of the Rabobank team have extended that contracts with the squad sponsored by a Dutch bank. Michael Boogerd, 33, who has ridden for Rabobank since 1996 will ride for Rabobank for at least one more year, team manager Theo de Rooij announced at the launch of the team's Tour de France line-up yesterday.

The team also signed two-year contract extensions with Thorwald Veneberg, and team staff members Erik Breukink, Frans Maassen, Adri van Houwelingen and Nico Verhoeven.