Vaitkus, 28, turned pro with Landbouwkrediet in 2003, and rode for Ag2r in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 he rode for Discovery Channel before joining Astana for two years. In 2010 he was with Team RadioShack.
Vaitkus is expected to play a “major” role at the team, which called him “an excellent rider famous for the Classic races.” While he has not had any wins in the last two years, Vaitkus had three victories with Astana in 2008, including the Lithuanian national road title.
In 2007 he was sixth in the Tour of Flanders, and won a stage of the Giro d'Italia in 2006.
After losing Alberto Contador to Saxo Bank, the Astana team has made several changes to it's line-up for 2011. Key signing are Roman Kreuziger, Remy Di Gregorio, Simon Clarke, Mirco Lorenzetto, Francesco Masciarelli and Evgeni Petrov.
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