The Skil-Shimano team has signed two young German riders for their first professional contracts. Paul Martens (22) has signed a two-year contract with the team and Christoph Meschenmoser (also 22) has inked a one-year deal.
Both riders have had promising careers in the junior and under-23 ranks and the team says they chose to sign with Skil-Shimano because of its emphasis on developing young talent. Martens is under-23 German national time trial champion and won the 2005 'Radbundesliga' under-23 series, including a victory in the Harzrundfahrt, considered one of the hardest races in the series.
