Castelli-sponsored Team Garmin-Cervelo earlier today announced that it has appointed road cycling legend Peter Van Petegem as a Classics Advisor for the spring classics season.

Van Petegem, a two-time Tour of Flanders and one-time Parix-Roubaix winner, will join Team Garmin-Cervélo this spring, advising on the tricky Flandrien roads and working directly with team director Jonathan Vaughters to maximize the results of Team Garmin-Cervelo's strong and talented Classics group.

Van Petegem, a classics specialist, is one of only ten riders to ever win both the Ronde van Vlaanderen and the Paris-Roubaix in the same season. He retired from road cycling in 2007 and is coming out of cycling retirement because he is excited to work with what he believes is the strongest Classics team in the peloton.

"I am very excited to work with such a talented group of riders," Van Petegem commented and added "I am sure that our combined expertise will strengthen the team and I can't wait to get back on the road with Team Garmin-Cervélo."

With a classics line-up boasting Thor Hushovd, Roger Hammond, Heinrich Haussler, Andreas Klier, Johan Van Summeren, Tyler Farrar, Martijn Maaskant, Gabriel Rasch, Sep Vanmarcke, and more, Team Garmin-Cervélo will be looking to maximize opportunities throughout the spring.
"We've said all along that we've wanted to become stronger in the Classics and now we're coming 2011 with one of the strongest Classics line-ups in the peloton, with one of the best advisors ," Jonathan Vaughters told Roadcycling.com/Roadcycling.mobi and added "Having never ridden the cobbled classics myself, I thought it was important to have someone else in the car with that experience. Van Petegem's expertise on the roads, the tactics, the equipment and classics strategy will be invaluable for us as a group."