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Powerful European team T-Mobile, containing some the best riders in the world, have confirmed their entry for the Tour of New Zealand women's cycling race in March.
Led by two-time World Cup series No 1, Australian Oenone Wood, the other T-Mobile riders for Wellington are former world champion Judith Arndt, Linda Villumsen, Kate Bates, Alex Rhodes and Ina-Yoko Tuetenberg.
Villumsen, a European and Danish champion, won the 2006 women's Tour de France.