CSC have made it clear they will not replace Ivan Basso for stage races but the team will have a new sprinter after signing 25-year-old Argentinean sprinter Juan José Haedo who rode for the US-Based Toyota-United team in 2006.

Haedo impressed CSC when he won two stages of the Tour of California last February, beating Stuart O?Grady and CSC confirmed his arrival on Friday. The tall Argentinean became a professional in 2003 with the small US Colavita team and has won nine races since then. In 2006 he won three races with the American Toyota-United team: two in Tour of California and one in Tour of Georgia.

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