Roman Kreuziger has signed a contract with Team Dimension Data for two years, with the goal of strengthen the South African team´s Classics performance. This season the Czech rider impressed in the Ardennes Classics, finished second at the Amstel Gold Race, fourth in La Fleche Wallonne and eighth at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. He also rode the Giro d`Italia in support of his Mitchelton-Scott team captain Simon Yates. `Joining Team Dimension Data provides a new motivation for me, a fresh start in some ways. Wherever I´ve ridden it´s been with success and this challenge is absolutely no different,` said Kreuziger, 32.ADVERTISEMENT Kreuziger turned professional in 2006 with Liquigas, rode for Astana for two years, and then was with the Saxo Bank/Tinkoff team for four years before joining Mitchelton-Scott in 2017. In 2014, he was provisionally suspended for a suspected biological passport violation relating to 2011-2012, but the case was ultimately dismissed. `I believe though that I´m now entering into the prime of my career and want to achieve great things with Team Dimension Data, so I can´t wait to get started with my new teammates,` he said in a statement released on Sunday morning, also giving his backing to to the African team`s charity work. `Finally, I love the Qhubeka charity and what it stands for as it resonates deeply with me; and as a token I´d like to immediately fund one bike. I realise this is a small gesture now but I look forward to helping the team in their collective goal to keep raising funds for the distribution of bikes by Qhubeka, so I´m delighted to be a part of it.`
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