It looks as Bobby will change his racing program of the past few years, and tackle the Giro and the Tour this coming season.

This off season Bjarne Riis revealed to Danish newspaper Politiken that the long list of 11 riders who will be battle for the nine Tour de France spots for Team CSC include Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre, Jens Voigt, Stuart O’Grady, Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara, Jakob Piil, Bobby, Giovanni Lombardi and David Zabriskie.

Team CSC’s preniminary roster for the Giro is Bobby, Ivan Basso, Michael Blaudzun, Iñigo Cuesta, Volodymir Gustov, Giovanni Lombardi, Andrea Peron, Nicki Sørensen, and Christian Vandevelde.