Hilton Clarke joins Fuji-Servetto

Australia’s Hilton Clarke (formerly with Toyota-United) and Russian Boris Shpilevsky (formerly with Preti Mangimi) are the two latest signings of the team FUJI-SERVETTO for the 2009 season. With these two transfers, the team’s lineup raises up to 23 riders, the minimum amount required by the UCI for ProTour teams.
 
Clarke will start his ninth season as professional rider. He has raced almost his entire pro career in the U.S., starting with the NetZero team in 2001. He did race in 2003 for in Europe for Barloworld. He will make his debut with the new team at the Tour Down Under.
 
Shpilvesky was on the Kio-Ene continental team in 2007, and the professional team Preti Mangimi in 2008. He has won seventeen races as a pro, including a win in last year’s Firenze-Pistoia and the Tour of Hainan in China, where he won the overall general classification and six out of nine stages.
 

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