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Armstrong deciding who will join him on Team Radio Shack

by VeloNews.com

• July 24, 2009
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Lance Armstrong said Friday he is already looking at potential riders for his new team at next year’s Tour de France.

Armstrong will lead Team Radioshack in the 2010 race and while no riders have yet been signed, he is looking at several options.

“We haven’t signed anybody yet, but there are still a lot of guys on the radar,” said Armstrong.

“Obviously there are a few guys I have already been working with like Levi Leipheimer, Chris Horner and Andreas Kloden.

“We have a good bunch of guys here and we want to keep them together.

“The structure we have here (at Astana) is the same structure we had at Discovery Channel and United States Postal Services and it’s a good one.”

Armstrong won six of his seven yellow jerseys with the US Postal Service team, winning his last in 2005 with Discovery Channel. In 2007 Contador won the Tour while riding for Discovery Channel.

Armstrong said he is impressed with up-and-coming United States teenage rider Taylor Phinney, who was crowned individual pursuit world champion earlier this year and currently rides for Armstrong’s Trek-Livestrong development team.