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Luke Roberts left Team CSC after the 2007 season. Now he will return to ProTour, racing with Team Milram. His first race will be the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, Australia. Roberts is born and raised in the city, and racing in your home city is often a nice experience. Especially as a professional athlete. All by a sudden people are so nice.

"While it's great to have the international cycling superstars racing in Adelaide, it is always nice to welcome home one of our own," said fellow South Australian and race organiser, Mike Turtur in a press release.

 

Milram will also bring German riders Robert Förster, Björn Schröder, Markus Fothen, Artur Gajek and Thomas Rohregger plus Dutch Wim Stroetinga to the first race of the year.

 

"Milram has selected a team with specialists in all areas," added Turtur. "[Robert] Förster has had stage wins in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España and will be one to watch vying for Jayco Sprint points," he said. "As a strong climber, Björn Schröder will also be riding hard here to secure Škoda King of the Mountain points."


Roberts has spent the past two seasons with German team Kuota Senges. But he has had some difficult years since he was plagued by injuries in 2006. He just hasn't found his old form again. In 2004 he won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the Athens Olympics, so he can be really good. Nobody wins a gold medal in the Olympics unless they are really good, or doped.


In 2008 and 2009 things have start to be slightly better for  the Australian cyclist. He has combined a track and road program and also raced some six-day events, he won the Grenoble Six Day in November 2009.
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