BRIEF-Cycling-Norway’s Arvesen joins Team Sky
PARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Norwegian champion Kurt-Asle Arvesen has joined Team Sky from Saxo Bank, the Danish outfit said on Sunday.
“Kurt-Asle Arvesen from January 1 takes off his Team Saxo Bank jersey and replaces it with the newly formed British cycling team, Team Sky,” Saxo Bank said in a statement.
Arvesen, 34, has won two stages of the Giro d’Italia, in 2003 and 2007, and one on the 2008 Tour de France.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Alison Wildey; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
Updated Oct 18, 2:39 pm EDT
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