Thirty-eight year old Eric Zabel will lead the Milram team at the Vuelta a Espana starting Saturday.

The German vet will lead an otherwise young team looking for stage wins at the Spanish tour. The team's average age is under 25.

"Looking at it athletically, we have a chance of a stage win in the 11 flat stages," Zabel said. "In light of the competition there, that surely won't be as easy as at the Tour de France, but maybe at the Vuelta I will be lucky enough to catch a perfect sprint. In this season I unexpectedly rode the Giro d'Italia, when we lost Alessandro Petacchi. Since the Tour and the Vuelta have long been part of my season planning, I can go ahead and live out my long-year plan of one time riding all three Grand Tours in one year."

Milram for the Vuelta:
● Andrey Grivko (UKR)
● Artur Gajek (GER)
● Christian Kux (GER)
● Erik Zabel (GER)
● Fabio Sabatini (ITA)
● Martin Velits (SVK)
● Matej Jurco (SVK)
●Sebastian Schwager (GER)
● Volodymyr Diudia (UKR)
Director: Oscar Pellicioli (ITA)