Milram sign Astarloa

The 30-year-old Spaniard joins the German-Italian outfit from the Barloworld team, with whom he ahs ridden for the past two years.

Astarloa won this year's Milano - Torino race, and took second place on stage four of the Tirreno - Adriatico.

Lancaster, who turns 27 next month, shot to prominence as a professional when winning the prologue in the Giro d'Italia last year, and took gold in the team pursuit at the 2004 Olympics in Athens in the 4000m team pursuit.

Holland's Niki Terpstra and German duo Sebastian Schwager and Marcel Sieberg have also joined Milram.