New Zealand's leading road cyclist, Julian Dean, has signed a one-year contract with new Australian Pro Tour team GreenEDGE.
The 36-year-old is leaving the Garmin-Cervelo team, who he has been with for the past four years.
Dean will link up with the GreenEDGE team at a training camp in November with his first event expected to be the Tour Down Under in Australia in January.
The two-time New Zealand champion has gained a reputation as one of the sport's premier sprinters, with 2010 world champion Thor Hushovd labelling Dean the best lead-out rider in the world.
GreenEDGE will be Dean's fifth major cycling team after US Postal (1999-2001), CSC-Tiscali (2002-2003), Credit Agricole (2004-2007) and Garmin-Chipotle (later Garmin-Cervelo) in 2008-2011.
He has completed seven Tours de France and was part of this year's Garmin-Cervelo team that won the team time trial and finished as leading team at Le Tour.
