Trek - Marco Polo team prepares for busy January

The Trek - Marco Polo Cycling Team will line up for Tour of Malaysia from January 7-13 with the goal of competing for stage wins and the GC. Hopes are high for stage wins by Sergey Kudentsov and for Discovery Channel ProTour team rider Fuyu Li is the team's designated performer for the GC. It will be Ken Onodera's first race with the team.

Some riders will be absent from Malaysia while they are busy racing elsewhere. Jai Crawford will be contesting the Australian National Championships and Leon van Bon will be racing the six-day in Rotterdam. Meanwhile Yu Takenouchi will be occupied with two World Cup Cyclo-cross races.