Roger Hammond is set to sign for the Cervélo TestTeam, where he will join current Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre and Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd.
The 34-year-old is riding the Tour of Britain for Team Columbia this week but the American squad yesterday named its 2009 roster and Hammond is not on it, which appears to confirm the strongly-rumoured move to Cervélo.
He is likely to confirm the transfer in the next few days and is set to join fellow Brits Dan Lloyd and Dan Fleeman, who Cycling Weekly understands will be switching from the Irish An Post team to Cervélo for 2009.
HAMMOND'S TEAMS
Jonny Bellis ? Great Britain Acadamy to Saxo Bank (currently CSC)
Charly Wegelius ? Liquigas to Silence-Lotto
Bradley Wiggins ? Team Columbia to Garmin-Chipotle
Dan Fleeman ? An Post to Cervélo TestTeam
Roger Hammond ? Team Columbia to Cervélo TestTeam
Dan Lloyd ? An Post to Cervélo TestTeam
Ben Swift ? Great Britain Academy to Katusha
Jeremy Hunt ? looking for a team as Crédit Agricole is ending
Geraint Thomas ? Barloworld
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